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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of the March County Council Meeting on 11th March 2019
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure Area Committee - 12th March 2019
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No Reports)
b) Clondalkin Area Committee – 20th March 2019
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No Reports)
c) Tallaght Area Committee – 25th March 2019
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts (1 Report), Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
1 Report
d) Lucan Area Committee – 26th March 2019
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE
a) Draft Calendar of Meetings Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
c) Polling Arrangements
d) LEA Boundary Committee Report 2018
e) Report on Area Committee Changes
f) Review of Standing Orders
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
a) Land Use, Planning & Transport SPC
(i) Minutes of Meeting - 6th December 2018
(ii) Report of Meeting - 14th March 2019
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(No Reports)
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive when can we expect the changing place facility to be installed in County Hall?
To ask the Chief Executive what progress has been made on Item ID: 57219 which was passed at the County Council meeting in March 2018.
The time it has taken to re-let dwellings has nearly tripled from Jan 2018 with a time of 8.14 weeks to Jan 2019 with a time frame of 23.13 weeks. Why has there been such an increase in time? Can the chief executive make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Chief Executive whether a barring or safety order against the perpetrator of domestic violence necessarily follows with a removal from the tenancy of a council property shared with their victim?
Motion 54730 was passed in this chamber in September 2017 asking the Chief Executive to write to all local authorities asking their policy on council tenants keeping racing pigeons, in order to better inform the members so we could begin drawing up bye-laws. Please report on the outcome of this.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a breakdown on all monies spent so far on the Dublin Mountains Flagship Project at the Hellfire/Massey's Wood, including how much has been spent by this council directly and how much has been spent through grants from other authorities?
To ask the Chief Executive how many families and individuals are currently homeless in South Dublin and how long on average families are spending in homelessness?
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on all heritage works recently completed, currently underway or planned by the Council at present, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the Council’s URDF projects, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive for details on all recently-completed, currently underway and planned cycle schemes in the County, to clarify the nature of ongoing discussions and plans with the NTA, adjoining authorities and other bodies to add to the cycle network, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive how many litter wardens are employed by SDCC, how this compares with historical rates of litter wardens in our Council, what supports are provided for these wardens from other staff resources, if SDCC has asked for funding for more wardens, if there are plans to hire more wardens, and to make a statement on the matter.
Can the Chief Executive provide a report to Councillors on the numbers of directly employed staff in the Council by department, year on year, from 2008 - 2017.
Can the Chief Executive please give a report on services that are outsourced to private companies?
To ask the Chief Executive if there are plans to add a line to the monthly statistics report, which is presented at the monthly Council meeting, showing progress made, to date, on the public lights being switched over to the cost saving, efficient and climate friendly LED lighting option?
To ask the Chief Executive to present an up to date report in respect of the Play Space programme and will he confirm plans in that regard for 2019
To ask the Chief Executive if the Social Credit Scheme, first developed within this Council in 2010, and subsequently promoted nationally and supported by the Dublin Regional Authority as part of the Carbon Social Credit Scheme, can now be further adapted to promote and support our Climate Change Action Plan.
To ask the Chief Executive the number of Traveller Families who requested Traveller specific accommodation during the recent review in connection with the preparation of next the Traveller Accommodation Programme and to include in his report the length of time these families have been on the Traveller specific accommodation waiting list.
To ask the Chief Executive how many Traveller Families in Traveller specific accommodation have moved (left) from this County in each of the years of 2015. 2016, 2017 and 2018.
To ask the Chief Executive to present an update on efforts being made to collect rent arrears and in reporting will he confirm the figures currently owed to the Council and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm what efforts he is making to deal with what appears to be a back log of applications for housing adaptions in respect of disabled persons; will he note the concerns being expressed in respect of the issue and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm actions being taken in respect of the concerns of many in our communities regarding dog fouling in public places; will he appreciate the concerns in respect of the matter and state if he plans a public campaign to deal with the issue and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive if he will present a report detailing the number of approvals issued by the Council in respect of the Rebuilding Ireland Scheme and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive if he would present a report on the Gaelforce Dublin event held in the County in March 2019 and in responding will he confirm if it is his intention to hold a similar event in 2020 and will he make a statement.
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the costs of cleansing (litter dumping) for the county for years 2012 to 2018.
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the costs incurred in relation to domestic bin waivers provided for all the years it was in existence.
Could the Chief Executive advise if dog litter bins in the county will be considered in future bye-laws by the Environmental SPC.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the new road speed signage and indicate how much is left to be completed and outline timeframe for completion of this work ? To also ask how much will be spent in total?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the Peter McVerry run SDCC Hostel How many nights has it been booked to capacity and many night has there been an empty bed from October to end of March ?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into Homeless numbers from October to end of March ?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the Recycling banks in the county and include how many places with recycling banks have had litter fines imposed on them and include how SDCC plans to meet the deficit in Recycling banks in our county
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into Rebuilding Ireland and when the loans will be started for 2019 and how many are expected to be approved for 2019?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(No Reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
7 (a) Proposed disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 44 Limekiln Estate, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
H 7 (a) Proposed disposal of Fee Simple Interest at 44 Limekiln Estate, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
MANAGERS REPORT
DRAFT ANNUAL REPORT 2018
DUBLIN AGGLOMERATION ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE ACTION PLAN 2018-2023
HOUSING PLANNED MAINTENANCE PROJECT
CAPITAL PROGRAMME QUARTERLY REPORT
AFS
FINAL POLLING ARRANGEMENTS
HOUSING PART 8 – GREENFORT
HOUSING PART 8 - BALGADDY
BALLYCULLEN-OLDCOURT LAP EXTENSION OF TIME
PROPOSED REINSTATEMENT OF LIFFEY VALLEY MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LVMAC)
Correspondence
Departmental
Letter dated 4th March 2019 from the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government in response in Motion 3 (Housing Adaption Grants for Older People) at the November 2018 Council meeting.
Departmental
Letter dated 15th March 2019 from Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht in regards to Emergency Motion 1 (Archaeology Excavations in Knocklyon) from the February Council 2019
Letter dated 1st March 2019 from Transport Infrastructure Ireland in reply to Motion 4 (Extension of Metro North) at the 2019 February Council meeting.
Letter dated 13th March 2019 from Cork County Council regarding the Climate Emergency Measures Bill
Letter dated 26th March 2019 from Tipperary County Council regarding Free Legal Aid
Motions
Recently lands in the Clonburris SDZ have went up for public sale. The Council asks the Chief Executive to enter into discussions with the Department of Housing to finance the purchase of any land that becomes available in Clonburris , by CPO if necessary, to maximise the delivery of social and affordable homes. If the Dept of Housing refuses to purchase the land the Chief Executive is further asked to purchase any such lands from the money ring-fenced for such after the sale of Kilcarberry and if necessary get an interim loan from the Housing Financing Agency.
That this Council, mindful of bridge collapses in Ireland and other countries, reports on the dates and times a safety audit was last carried out on each bridge located wholly or partially within the county over water, road or rail, either by itself or TII, irish Rail or Waterways Ireland (or other relevant body), to outline future inspection dates for structures that have not been examined in the past 12 months and if a statement can be made on the matter.
South Dublin County Council, taking it’s lead from Louth County Council, in exercise of the powers conferred to us by Section 199 of the Local Government Act 2001 makes the following bye-law for the regulation and control of public roads and footpaths adjacent to service providers of abortion services within South Dublin County council to exclude any form of prohibited behavior within a 500 meter radios of the outer edge of the healthcare facility.
For the purposes of these bye-laws, ‘prohibited behavior’ shall include but not be limited to:
- Continuously or repeatedly observing a service provider or other person accessing a healthcare facility
- Continuously or repeatedly observing a healthcare facility
- Engaging in threatening conduct directed at the service provider of a person know to them
- Besetting, harassing, intimidating, interfering with, threatening, hindering, obstructing or impeding a person who is attempting to enter a healthcare facility
- In any way recording a service provider, or a person accessing, or attempting to access a healthcare facility without the persons consent, or publishing or distributing a recording to obtained except in discharge of police duty
- Recording information about a person accessing or attempting to access a healthcare facility without that person’s consent, or publishing or distributing information so obtained, except in discharge of police duty
- Distributing or displaying any leaflets, pamphlets, notices, advertisements or other documentation
- Affixing bills, posters or stickers upon any wall, door, pole, structure, vehicle, floor or pavement or on any surface forming part of, or used in relation to, the healthcare facility
- Conducting or taking part in public meetings, demonstrations or processions at the healthcare facility.
On behalf of Aitheantas this Council calls on South Dublin County Council to write to Minister Zappones Department requesting/demanding that her Department acknowledges Adoptee Identity Rights and immediately allows Adoptees access to their own information on Health, History and Heritage in line with the equality and personal autonomy rights of other citizens and as voted for in two referenda.
That this council calls on the Planning department to introduce a mechanism for establishing an authentic plebiscite for permeability requests that arise when new development is applied for adjacent to well established sites. Precedent was set during Clonburris SDZ plan that was debated and agreed to deal with the need to include existing well established communities in decisions that affect them.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to present an update on his continuing efforts to deal with the housing crisis as it effects our County and in reporting will he give details of the number of applicants currently being considered and also confirmation of the number of allocations made during 2018 and will he give a detailed report.
This Council acknowledges the many well documented difficulties of Families with Children living in Homeless Hubs. By extension, this Council acknowledges the well documented difficulties of trying to rear children in such close quarters with the stigma of Homelessness attached is very much amplified for larger families. Therefore this Council strives to urgently move people on to more secure housing with a particular emphasis and urgency on re-locating larger families into secure accommodation.
With funding dried up for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans, that this council writes to Minister Eoghan Murphy to ask him to furnish them with extra funding to continue with the scheme.
This Council agrees that carbon tax is not the answer to tackle climate change. Carbon tax is a regressive tax. It targets the wrong people and does not challenge the real cause of carbon emissions . This Council calls for a stoppage of any implementation of a new carbon tax and calls for immediate action on investment in renewable energy, public transport and a stop to licences issued to extract fossil fuels
To call on the Chief Executive to review plans for Tallaght Stadium after the opening of the South Stand on Sunday 24th March and the inadequate area given for visitors requiring use of the accessible stand. For a project which had multimillion investment, comfortable viewing should be standard and well thought through, not completed in a cost saving manner. In addition, with circa 2million invested, I call on the chief executive to examine why a changing place facility was also not installed as part of the new build. With further building scheduled, it would be beneficial to the stadium, the council and most importantly visitors, that access is to equal standard for all guests within what we strive to call our Accessible County.
Given the National Housing Crises and the fact that its impact on members of the Traveller Community can be most severe, and building on the track record of this Council in providing Traveller Accommodation, this Council being very concerned at the plight of those Traveller families who, in the absence of the intended network of Transitional Halting sites and camping legislation and who have a necessity to move with their mobile home, have very little or no option except to set up temporary camps in unauthorised locations and without essential sanatory and other supportive services in this County, often with consequential detrimental effects on local residential areas, calls on the Chief Executive to negotiate with the Management of the Camac Valley Caravan Park for the reservation of at least 10 pitches to be used as a Pilot Transitional Site for Travellers, until such time as a purpose built Transition site is provided for Travellers in the Greater Dublin Area, and that Council Management draw up criteria and rules for the regulation of such a facility, including the maximum period of stay on any pitch, and in doing so that the Council consult with, and seek the support of: the Department of Housing, Community and Local Government, the three other Dublin Local Authorities, The Dublin Homeless Executive, the Irish Traveller Movement, the Clondalkin and Tallaght Traveller Support Groups and the SDCC LTACC.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to review Council policy regarding Tree Preservation Orders which are included in our County Development Plam, specifically the removal of a Tree Preservation Order.