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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council 20th June 2016.
b) Minutes of the Annual Meeting of South Dublin County Council 24th June 2016.
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure Area Committee - 14th June 2016
Dealing with Environment, Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
b) Clondalkin Area Committee - 22nd June 2016
Dealing with Environment, Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
c) Lucan Area Committee - 23rd June 2016
Dealing with Environment, Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance& Change Management
d) Tallaght Area Committee - 27th June 2016
Dealing with Environment, Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Transportation, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts (1 Report Arts Grant), Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE
(H3) No reports
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
(H4) No Reports
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(H5) No Reports
Questions
To ask the manager to arrange for the purchase of a large 1916 Proclamation of Independence to be erected in a place of significance in the Council chamber in County Hall Tallaght as previously requested at CPG at the beginning of 2016.
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the total funding being provided in 2016 for pitch and playing facility improvement works?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on playing facility improvement works being carried out in 2016, including pitch and goal mouth repairs, drainage improvement, installation of goal posts and installation of storage facilities
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the funding being provided in 2016 for traffic calming schemes (ramps)?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on the reasons for the recent failures to meet the target three-week rota for grass cutting in residential areas and to outline the steps being taken to avoid a future repeat?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on increases in public realm staffing over the past 12 months and plans for further recruitment?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the funding that was announced at last year’s budget for multi-use sports clubs buildings. How many clubs has applied for this funding and how much money was paid out from this fund so far.
To ask the Chief Executive if a number of sports clubs come together and apply for funding form the fund that was announced at last year’s budget for multi-use sports building. Will the council work with the clubs and lease or licence land to the clubs so they can apply for sports capital funding?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of house that SDCC have bought on the open market for the last 12 months broken down by LEA.
To ask the Chief Executive for a program to be put in place for grass cutting in the new play-spaces across the county. There are a number of these play-spaces that have not had the grass cut in them for the month of June. How often do the council cut the grass in these play-spaces.
To ask the Chief Executive if he would confirm if all Open Spaces throughout our County are covered by Park Bye-Laws; will he state how these regulations are enforced and make a statement in the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to update the Council on the number of families who have presented as Homeless during the past month; will he detail what arrangements have been made to facilitate those families and confirm that every effort is being made to accommodate those families in areas convenient to them.
To ask the Chief Executive if he would present a report regarding the provision of all Social Housing options in 2016 confirming the planned number of completions and acquisitions for the calendar year and indicate the number and date of any commencements this year and will he also break down these numbers in each of the respective categories by area committee and will he make a detailed statement in the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to report to the Council on his recent meeting, with other County executives, with Simon Coveney TD Minister for Housing Planning and Local Government in the Department; will he outline what was agreed at that meeting and will he also confirm if he raised with the Minister the question of additional funding being made to our Council to allow for the deployment of sufficient staff in our Housing Department to deal effectively with the Housing plans of this Council.
To ask the Chief Executive if he shares the concerns of this Member at the negative image being created by criticism of the Council through social media and other media; will he outline actions he is taking to create a positive image in respect of the important work of the Council on behalf of our Communities and will he table a statement in the matter.
To ask for a report into how many are in Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts, emergency accommodation from South Dublin County Council and how long have they been on same?
To ask the Chief Executive that a list of boarded up houses in SDCC is provided and how may will be brought into use by Compulsory purchase orders?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Roundabout sponsorship scheme what size and type of signage will be offered and what is cost of sponsorship and will the area committees have any role in deciding this?
To ask for the Chief Executive to do a report and look at that the issue of Council junk collections be looked at in order to combat illegal dumping in the County and that a report on cost be brought to a pre-budget meeting for Members consideration and discussion.
To ask for a report into the Housing adaptation grants for people with a disability in SDCC, What are the estimated waiting times? How many are on list? And what is the estimated cost of clearing any back log.
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DECLARATION ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(H6) No Report
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
H7a)-Acquisition by Purchase of Fee Simple - 171 St. Malruans Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24
H7b)-Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent Dunmore Grove, Kingswood, Dublin 24 and dwelling at "Suncroft", Ballymount Road, Dublin 24
H7c)- M50 Upgrade Order 2004-Exchange of lands at Red Cow Roundabout between South Dublin County Council/Capel Developments Ltd(In Receivership)/Bluebell United
MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT
PART 8's
(H9) No Reports
UPDATE ON PAY PARKING
APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY GRANTS
Correspondence
Letter from Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council,dated 7th June 2016 regarding paying for green waste from 1st July 2016
Letter from Waterford City and County Council, dated 7th June 2016 regarding the excluding of Part V Dwellings from Tenant Purchase Scheme
Scoil Samhraidh an Phiarsaigh 2016 - Pearse Summer School July 2016
AILG Induction Training for Co-opted Members July 2016 - Red Cow Hotel, Dublin.
Motions
Mayors Business
The Members of South Dublin County call on the Government and the Minister responsible to enact without delay legislation that gives expression to and recognises The Traveller Community as a distinct Ethnic Group in Ireland and are deserving and accorded the respect that such a status confers and deserves. Once agreed that this decision be communicated to the Minister concerned and this Motion be copied to all other City and County Councils.
That this Council calls on the Taoiseach to accede to the will of the people and bring a definitive end to water charges.
For Elected Members to commend South Dublin County Council Sports and Recreational Department on the success of the recent Schools Cross Country Events, in particular for breaking the mould and introducing a new category for Paralympic school going children making the event inclusive for all who chose to participate.
That this Council writes to the Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources asking him to scrap the new pay per weight bin charges in light of the increased charges being forced onto customers.
This Council acknowledges the role of protest and non- payment in the suspension of Water Charges and supports the complete abolition of domestic household water bills.
That this Council, investigates designated poster areas instead of postering Ad infinitum, as practiced by French, Italian & Japanese Local Authorities and reports back to the Councillors with a report on same. Further to the report presentation, where the council sees fit, the Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC would consider designated poster areas in South Dublin County and the role out of same. The practice of postering has changed from the days of wall paper paste and cardboard backing being nailed to timber polls, today with modern plastics and cable ties we can see up to 35,000 posters go up over our county. It is unsightly, dangerous to pedestrians / cyclists / road users and this does not include the environmental cost of 35,000 posters. We could be the first Council in Ireland to lead the way this type of environmental and fair system of candidate exposure.
This Council will write to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Simon Coveney stating that a BIN waiver should be introduced for people with health issues. Over 20,000 people in Ireland suffer from bowel disease and are fitted with a stoma. These people have to use their bin to dispose of these colostomy bag through no fault of their own, and with pay by weight been introduce this will be a big cost to them. There is also many other conditions that people have medical waste that has to be put in the bin.
This Council calls on the Taoiseach for an immediate full Judicial enquiry into Garda allegations that there was political interference, by ordering that the chief suspect in the Murder of Mary Boyle, (Ireland’s youngest missing person) not to be arrested. Additionally, that all those that withheld information be summoned to this enquiry to give evidence & immediate action taken for those to be held to account.
That this Council restates the primacy of Councillors elected to represent their area as the main democratic input of and representation for South Dublin County; that the Council directs that responses to queries be made in the first instance to Councillors; and that the Council directs that a staff and management protocol be adopted whereby no responses or answers to queries raised be given to non-Councillors ahead of Councillors.
That this South Dublin County Council calls on the Chief Executive, in noting replies to recent Council Questions and Motions from this Member and other colleagues, regarding the scourge of illegal posters throughout our County and their relatively poor reflection of the County as expressed in the IBAL reports, if he would set out full details of the actions taken by this Council to remove such illegal posters, advertising signs and banners during the last 3 months and if he would also detail in his reply the number of posters, banners and signs removed during this period and the number of fines issued and paid in this same period and the number of prosecutions undertaken in this period.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Social Protection to reinstate full rates of pay for the under 26's on Job Seekers payment.
That this Council asks the Chief Executive to consult with local residents and other local stakeholders regarding the suitability and impact of temporary Fun Fairs.
In light of the postponement of Ibrahim Halawa’s trial in Egypt for the fourteenth time, this Council asks the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, to immediately apply for the Presidential Decree on Ibrahim’s behalf.
The Presidential Decree would allow Ibrahim to return to Ireland before a final ruling has been made in his case, and it is used in cases where a deportation or extradition would serve the ‘higher interest’ of the Egyptian state.
The Australian Government applied for the Decree pre-sentencing and Australian journalist Peter Greste, a former cell mate of Ibrahim’s, was released and back home with his family before his trial concluded.
To call on the Chief Executive in support of Health and Wellbeing in our County apply a No Smoking Ban within 10 metres of our Playgrounds and Playspaces as illustrated in attachment as an innovative measure to improve these spaces in our Community.
That this Council welcomes the planned increases in exchequer capital expenditure and the planned mid-term review of the Capital Programme in 2017; and calls on the Ministers for Transport and Public Expenditure to reinstate the DART Underground project to the Capital Programme, noting the strategic importance of this project in addressing traffic congestion in West Dublin and facilitating sustainable future housing supply at Adamstown and Clonburris SDZ’s.
This Council calls on the new Government to immediately call a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment from the constitution.
Given that there is a new Government and that the system known as Direct Provision has not been mentioned in the Programme for Government , SDCC reaffirms previous motions on this system such as the one below approved April 2015. We call on the Taoiseach and his Government to take on board the motion
''That this council condemns the system known as Direct provision and calls for the Direct provision system to be scrapped and a new procedure based on a Human rights approach be put in place and that an apology is given to the people that have been subjected to this system.''
That the Manager would consider through the Environment SPC to undertake a review of our public bins to assess possible solutions to reduce litter overflowing and rodent issues accessing the rubbish and further causing litter. Given that many residents have seen the larger lidded solar bins in neighbouring local authority areas, if the review could also include an assessment of these bin types including use case and suitability for SDCC locations.
This Council agrees that any rapid build emergency accommodation provided by South Dublin County Council should be equally divided between all five local electoral areas and should not be exclusively concentrated in areas that already have a high density of social housing.
That the Chief Executive facilitates the creation of a cross-party Ethics Committee to provide accountability and transparency within this Chamber. The Code of Conduct for Councillors, as outlined in the 2001 Local Authority Act states that Councillors ‘Serve their local authority and its people conscientiously, honestly and impartially.’ In the spirit of the political reform promised by so many of us, this issue needs to be addressed immediately.’
That this Council calls on the Minister for the Environment to reimburse the monies paid to Irish Water by family households to date.
That this Council asks the new Minister for Health Simon Harris to reinstate the €12m his predecessor Minister Leo Varadkar removed from the Mental Health budget for use elsewhere and that a letter with this request be sent to the new Minister from the Council.
That the Council agrees to roll out a participatory budgeting pilot scheme in one electoral area for the 2017 Council Budget.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to explore using European Funding provided through the ESF & RDF to provide for the roll out of smart ventilation systems in Council homes to tackle the growing problem of mould growth in homes which seems to have developed with the upgrading of heating and insulation systems over recent years. This growth of mould spores is having a negative impact on tenants health and disproportionately on children's health in these homes.
That this South Dublin County Council agrees that the Irish Traveller Community has made a strong case to be recognised as an ethnic minority and further agrees to write to the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence; the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality; the Minister for Housing Planning and Local government and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the Minister of State for Justice with special responsibility for Equality Immigration and Integration calling on them to immediately approve the granting of such status with further delay.
That SDCC supports Barnardos Rise Up for children in 2016 campaign The
Rise Up key campaign objectives are:
1. Politicians must promise to safeguard the first year of a child’s life
2. Politicians must increase investment in early childhood care and education
3. The State must provide free primary education
4. Politicians must guarantee access to primary care services for
all children when they need it
5. Politicians must promise to ensure a secure home for all children
We implore on the Government to deal seriously with these issues and
invest as needed to eradicate child poverty in Ireland, we write to
the minister for children and ask for her to bring this to the cabinet
table and budget meetings and make a real difference to children in
Ireland.
That this Council corresponds with Insurance Ireland and gets a definitive answer as to why an area of local flooding that has been mitigated by the Office of Public Works cannot get flood risk insurance on their homes when that area is not one of the 300 high flood risk areas set out by CFRAM.