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CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of County Council Meeting 13th November 2017
b) Minutes of Annual Budget Meeting 2017
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTIES
a) Rathfarnham/Templeogue- Terenure Area Committee - 14th November 2017
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
b) Clondalkin Area Committee – 15th November 2017
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
c) Tallaght Area Committee – 27th November 2017
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts (1 report- Arts Grant), Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
d) Lucan Area Committee – 28th November 2017
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE -23rd November 2017
a) Draft Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
c) Resignation of Councillor Pamela Kearns from Joint Policing Committee
d) Resignation of Councillor Brian Lawlor from Education Training Board
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
a) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Heritage & Libraries SPC
(i) Report of Meeting 1st November 2017
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 6th September 2017
b) Environment, Water & Climate Change SPC
(i) Report of Meeting 7th November 2017
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 5th September 2017
c) Economic, Enterprise & Tourism SPC
(i) Report of Meeting 8th November 2017
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 7th September 2017
d) Housing SPC
(i) Report of Meeting 20th November 2017
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 14th September 2017
e) Land Use, Planning & Transportation SPC
(i) Report of Meeting 4th December 2017
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 18th September 2017
f) Social and Community SPC
(i) Report of Meeting 29th November 2017
(ii) Minutes of Meeting 12th September 2017
REPORT FROM JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE
REQUESTS FROM AREA COMMITTEES
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive how many dog wardens, and how many litter wardens patrol the County?
To ask the Chief Executive how many fines have been issued in respect of dog fouling year to date?
To ask the Chief Executive whether any talks have taken place with regard to replicating the O'Cualann Housing Co-Operative Affordable housing project here in South Dublin - they key to achieving this project was availability of discounted local authority land.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details on the services provided by the Council, the DHRE and affiliated bodies to rough sleepers in the Council's administrative area during the winter months, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive if he has noted the Pobal HP Deprivation Index as recently published; to ask if he has taken particular note of areas noted as disadvantaged due to elderly populations with fixed incomes and age-based dependencies; and to ask what steps he will take to address community supports in all areas noted as disadvantaged.
To ask the Chief Executive how the Council intends to commemorate the significant anniversaries with local connections in 2018; in particular, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, the Anti-Conscription campaign and the 1918 election, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Bulbs not Bonfires initiative for 2017. How many applications were there and how it compared to 2016.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the current situation with regard to the collection of housing rents and overdue rents. With specific detail as regards the number and amount of accounts in arrears as opposed to the number up to date. How does our overdue rents as a percentage compare to other Local Authorities in the Dublin region.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm what plans are in place to deal with emergencies over the Christmas period; will he give details in that regard and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive to present an end of year report on his dealings with the homeless crisis giving details of the current numbers involved in that regard and also confirming his efforts to ensure that these families are all being catered for within the County boundary.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm what actions he is taking to deal with boarded up Council houses across the County; will he give details in respect of each electoral area and will he state the average waiting time before such houses are returned to the housing stock and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm his commitment to the Estate Management/Safety Forum programme in the County; will he appreciate the important work being undertaken by these groups under difficult circumstances; will he give assurances in respect of his support and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive if he will present a report detailing the effects on the Council's Tree Programme arising from the challenges presented on Ophelia Day 16th October last; will he give details on the number of Trees damaged in that regard and give an update on actions being taken in the matter.
To ask when a meeting will be held to discuss the Library Development Plan 2018 – 2022 and will councillors be able to make submissions/enter motions?
To ask that SDCC look at can crushers at public parks to increase recycling and bring a cost and report to the Environment SPC for discussion?
To ask for an estimated cost of annual junk collections for SDCC and cost of Junk clean-up for the last 3 years and would SDCC consider a Junk Collection in high dumping areas?
To ask for a full report into Halloween clean up costs and details by area ?
To ask that a report be brought to members on Recycling banks and what is being done and can be done to increase Recycling banks in SDCC? When will a recycling plan be brought to full council?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(No Report)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES /SITES
a) Proposed disposal of plot of land to Gas Networks Ireland for a District Regulation Installation (DRI) at Fettercairn Road/Kilcarrig Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24
b) Proposed disposal of MV substation site at Ballymount MRF, Ballymount Road, Dublin 12 to ESB.
H8a) - Proposed disposal of plot of land to Gas Networks Ireland for a District Regulation Installation (DRI) at Fettercairn Road/Kilcarrig Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24
H8b) - Proposed disposal of MV substation site at Ballymount MRF, Ballymount Road, Dublin 12 to ESB.
MANAGEMENT REPORT
CONSIDERATION OF CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2018 -2020
POLICY ON WAY-FINDING SIGNS ON PUBLIC ROADS
Correspondence
Departmental
Letter from Department of Children and youth Affairs dated 10th November 2017 regarding vaccine trials in institutions run by Church and State
Letter from dated 7th November from Sligo County Council regarding funding for the Alzheimer Society of Ireland
Correspondence dated 14th November 2017 from Clare County Council regarding
a) National Housing Co-op Bill 2017
b) Penalisation of Home Makers
Letter dated 20th November 2017 from Carlow County Council regarding motion passed at recent Council Meeting
Motions
That this Council condemns the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar and the reluctance international governments to take meaningful action to deal with the related refugee crisis in Bangaldesh; furthermore this Council calls on our own Government - through its representatives at the United Nations and the EU Council of Ministers - to actively seek a resolution of the Rohingya Crisis and highlight the need to ensure that all possible humanitarian aid is being provided to refugees in Bangladesh who are in a highly vulnerable situation, particularly women and children who face trafficking, exploitation and sexual abuse.
That this Council expresses concern at the recent deaths of rough sleeping homeless persons in Dublin and reports on what efforts are being made by South Dublin County and its officials as part of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to protect this particularly vulnerable group, many of who have addiction and/or mental health issues and need extra assistance during the cold winter months and the Christmas period when more staff will be off duty.
Motion: Councillor D. Looney
That this Council, in expressing our sympathy with the families all who have died on our roads, notes with grave concern a number of deaths of cyclists on roads in the county. We call on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate a substantially increased amount for cycling nationally. We note the need to improve cycling infrastructure and overall safety in this County and as Councillors we commit ourselves to providing, as far as is practicable and within our competency, funding, better planning, monitoring and maintenance of cycling infrastructure.
That South Dublin County Council commits to providing an environment of safer cycling throughout the County. Furthermore that this Council calls on the Minister for Transport to implement legislation specifying that motorists must maintain the internationally recognised safe distance of 1.5 metres when overtaking cyclists.
That this Council support Jake's Amendment and calls on the Minister for the Coroner’s Act to be amended so that a Coroner can return a verdict of iatrogenic which is medically induced suicide.
That this South Dublin County Council calls on the Chief Executive to prepare a strategy for the 2018 Bonfire season noting the concern of many communities in respect of these activities which result in serious damage to Open Spaces; will he include in his response a report covering the 2017 Bonfire season confirming the cost to the Council and the schedule being followed in respect of the reinstatement of Open Spaces and will he also respond to calls for a dedicated telephone line to deal with requests from the public and groups to collect potential material for Bonfires.
That this Council supports a referendum to repeal the eight amendment to be held no later than May 2018, based on the citizen's assembly recommendations and this referendum should go ahead whether or not there is a general election before then.
That this council calls on the Chief Executive to arrange for an information leaflet to be produced to inform residents of the county of how to record and report anti-social behaviour with a view to helping the housing and community department to build up correct information and statistics on such behaviour in estates in the county, particularly when it involves council tenants, either as victims or perpetrators.
That the elected members of this council agree that there are many varied reasons for homelessness, and that we do not lay any blame on the homeless families themselves for their situation. In light of this we call on the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to immediately declare a housing emergency and take appropriate action to solve the homelessness and provide appropriate emergency beds over the Christmas period
That this Council, in expressing our sympathy with the families all who have died on our roads, notes with grave concern a number of deaths of cyclists on roads in the county. We call on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate a substantially increased amount for cycling nationally. We note the need to improve cycling infrastructure and overall safety in this County and as Councillors we commit ourselves to providing, as far as is practicable and within our competency, funding, better planning, monitoring and maintenance of cycling infrastructure.