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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) - May Council Meeting – 9th May 2022
REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
a) Rathfarnham/Templeogue/Firhouse/Bohernabreena Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No Reports)
b) Clondalkin Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No Reports)
c) Tallaght Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No Reports)
d) Lucan/Palmerstown/North Clondalkin Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(No Reports)
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL
a) Draft Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
a) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Heritage & Libraries SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 4th May 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 2nd February 2022
b) Environment, Water, Climate Change & Biodiversity SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 3rd May 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 9th February 2022
c) Economic, Enterprise & Tourism SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - EETD SPC held on 11th May, 2022.
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - EETD SPC held on 9th February, 2022.
d) Housing SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 12th May 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 10th February 2022
e) Social, Community & Equality SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 17th May 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 15th Feruary 2022
f) Land Use, Planning & Transportation SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 26th May 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 25th February 2022
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
REPORT FROM JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE
Questions
To ask how many privately rented properties are registered in the SDCC area and of those, how many of those properties have been inspected during the last 5 years by SDCC (broken down into HAP, RAS, Long term leasing, PRM).
To ask the Chief Executive for an update re the proposed new sponsorship scheme in relation to advertising in public spaces (including roundabouts)
To ask the Chief Executive how many voids are there in the county broken down by LEA
To ask the Chief Executive to explain from start to finish the process of getting a void ready for relet, from the time it becomes void to relet
To ask the Chief Executive how many full surrenders without re-housing were handed back to the Council in the past 5 years broken down year on year.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the allocation of housing for age friendly housing to include, expressions of interest made and offers made by location
To ask the Chief Executive how long does it take to process a mutual transfer application when both parties have submitted documentation
To ask the Chief Executive how many litres of water are Data Centre's within South Dublin Council Area using a day and can this also be broken down to percentage of the overall water consumption within the County?
To ask the Chief Executive, what is the average amount of small High Street Businesses "10 staff or less" that start up in the County per year and how much revenue on average do these new start ups generate for the Council a year?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the minimum time period under legislation that the local authority has to apply a planning reference number to a valid dated application appearing on a site notice?
To ask the Chief Executive to clarify whether an application is invalid if members of the public and elected reps do not get to view planning files in Tallaght or online due to them not being made available with a reg ref within a certain time period before the closing date for submissions; and if a statement can be made on the matter?
To ask the Chief Executive to clarify if recycling and composting bags are available to community litter picker events.
To ask the Chief Executive, in light of the publication of the EPA radon map, what the exposure to radon is in SDCC, in relation to County Council owned properties and what strategies will be used to address this.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the retrofitting programme, including how many units have been completed in 2021/2022 and how many will be completed in 2022?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the proposed Heritage Centre in Tallaght. The report to include who will own and manage the centre, whether staff will be directly hired and which forum will be used to develop and economic and financial aspects.
To ask the Chief Executive if the Council has plans to for install bike stations across the county, particularly at suitable locations along the Dodder Greenway and are they/will they be mapped out with info accessible to the public via an app or website?
To ask the Chief Executive if there are plans to re-zone unused land at Grange Castle Business Park for housing?
To ask the Chief Executive how many housing tenancies have been terminated due to rent arrears or anti-social behaviour by South Dublin County Council, and if a statement is available please?
To ask the Chief Executive the number of housing rent accounts in arrears less than €1,000, between €1,000 & €5,000, between €5,000 and €10,000, between €10,000 and €20,000 and number of accounts in arrears greater than €20,000?
To ask the Chief Executive if consideration is being given to develop new community allotments given the waiting lists currently in place at existing allotments, and if a statement is available?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the procedure/s in place for access to each of the public parks under the care of SDCC, after closing hours, and in the event of emergency vehicle call-outs.
To ask the Chief Executive how he plans to tackle the problem of Dog Fouling in public places across our County following confirmation that only 6 fines have been issued in the Council in the past 5 years; will he appreciate that this is of concern to many and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive to detail plans to respond to the clear need for affordable housing in the County; will he confirm contacts he has had in the matter and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive if he is working on plans to deal with the challenge of the Halloween season in October; was anything learned through the review of the 2021 activities; will he give assurances to those concerned about the cost to the Council each year and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive how many Planning Applications have been received so far this year; will he give comparisons with the same period in 2020 and 2021 and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on actions being taken to ensure that all housing maintenance requests are dealt with as quickly as possible; will he provide details and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive if taking in charge estates with green spaces is considered Council land? Report to explain what exactly taking in charge means ?
To ask the Chief Executive are there plans for a quiet time allocation in our play spaces throughout the county for children with a disability and to ask would he consider seeking out ideas/feedback on this from groups such as the Clondalkin Autism Parents Support Network -(CAPS Network) etc on how this could be achieved?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS - FOR APPROVAL
(No Reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 125 Limekiln Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
(b) Disposal of site comprising 0.14 acres at Grange Castle Business Park to Gas Networks Ireland
(c) Proposed disposal of plot of land to rear 14 Bawnlea Crescent, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(d) Proposed disposal of substation site to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) - 68 Nangor Mill, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 to facilitate power supply to Nangor Road social housing development
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 125 Limekiln Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12
(b) GC 21 Disposal of site comprising 0.14 acres at Grange Castle Business Park to Gas Networks Ireland
(c) LD 1073 Proposed disposal of plot of land to rear 14 Bawnlea Crescent, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(D) LD 1564 Proposed disposal of substation site to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) - 68 Nangor Mill, Nangor Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 to facilitate power supply to Nangor Road social housing development
MANAGERS REPORT - FOR NOTING
PART 8 PLANNING - FONTHILL ROAD TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION SCHEME – FOR APPROVAL
PART 8 CLONBURRIS/ASHWOOD SOCIAL & AFFORDABLE HOUSING - FOR APPROVAL
€300K HAVE YOUR SAY SHORTLISTED PROJECTS – RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE ELECTORAL AREA – FOR APPROVAL
LCDC 2021 ANNUAL REPORT – FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY GRANTS – FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY CENTRE DEVELOPMENTS - FOR NOTING
a) NEWCASTLE COMMUNITY CENTRE UPGRADE AND EXTENSION
b) NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE IN CITY WEST
c) ORCHARD LODGE
COMMENCEMENT OF CONSULTATION PROCESS ON SOUTH DUBLIN TOURISM STRATEGY 2022 – 2026 – FOR NOTING
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
(a) Reply from Minister for Justice re. Operation Encompass
Acknowledgements
(b) Acknowledgement from Minister for Justice re. General Maintenance Collection Agency
(c) Acknowledgement from Minister for Social Protection re. General Maintenance Collection Agency
(d) Acknowledgement from Minister for Social Protection re. Pilot Scheme for Artists with Disabilities
(e) Acknowledgement from Minister for Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth re. General Maintenance Collection Agency
Correspondence
(f) Correspondence from Cavan County Council re. Cutting and Sale of Turf
Motions
This County Council agrees a vote of thanks to the staff of South Dublin County Council for their hard work and dedication, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
That this Council calls on the Taoiseach to immediately implement a set of measures to tackle the Cost of Living Crisis that is Devastating Families across the State from both Working and Middle Class Demographics, which has seen 70% increases in Heating Oil, 30% increase in Gas, 25% increase in Electricity, 8% Increase in Rents and €1,200 average increase in petrol prices for the average driver along with increases in Groceries and other Essential Goods. This has resulted in the Highest inflation rates in 20 years of more than 5,5% and that's without the Governments scandalous proposed increases in Carbon Tax at a time of crisis. These measures at the least should include: The introduction of a living wage, the introduction of a cost of living payment based on annual income, the scrapping of Carbon Tax Increases, a ban on Rent increases for 3 years, Increase in Fuel allowance criteria, Removal of VAT on Energy Bills during winter Months, the Establishment of a discretionary utility debt Fund. These measures should form a base for tackling the crisis for struggling Families across the State.
That this Council confirms its pride in, and continued support for, Ireland's traditional policy of military neutrality, and writes to the Taoiseach to declare these views
That this Council supports the decriminalisation of drug use, meaning that people will no longer be made criminals simply because of their use of a drug: that people's drug use should be dealt with as a public health issue rather than as a criminal issue and that the resources currently used to process the 72% of drug convictions that are for personal possession should be redirected to treatment and support services and to more effective policing of the drugs trade. We commit to sending this motion to the Minister for Justice and the Minister of State for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy for their consideration and response.
An increase on Carbon Taxes of €7.50 was announced in Budget 2022, from €33.50 to €41.00 per tonne of carbon dioxide emitted. The increase applies from 13 October 2021 for auto fuels and 1 May 2022 for all other fuels and is set to rise to €100 per tonne emitted by 2030. The carbon Tax is not tackling the environmental damage caused by the producers and profiteers of fossil fuel emissions, including the approximate 14 Data Centres, and major pharmaceutical companies listed in the South Dublin County Council area. It is another tax on workers and energy that hits the poorest and those on limited incomes hardest, and is exacerbating the cost-of-living crisis. It represents the opposite of a “just transition”.
This council calls for the scrapping of the carbon tax increases due from May 2022 and the reversal of 2021 increases. We call for immediate direct taxation of a national or local variety on big polluters, the implementation of increased price controls on energy for households, and a rapid shift to renewable energies under public ownership and communicates this motion to the Minister for Environment, Climate, Communication Transport, and The Minister for Local Government and Heritage.
This Council calls on central government to make the funding available ASAP to complete the necessary works on all boarded up/derelict houses owned by SDCC returning them to Council stock. Considering the emergency housing crisis the country finds itself in this matter needs to be considered a point of priority.
That this Council requests the Chief Executive to write to the Taoiseach, The Minister of State for Local Government and the Minister of State for Electoral Reform requesting that legislated candidate gender quotas of 40% be introduced to apply to the local elections in 2024.
This Council calls on the Chief Executive to review and change the Councils current Housing Policy which only allows Social housing/HAP applicants to access the higher homeless rate of HAP 6 weeks before the applicant's Notice to Quit is enacted. Taking into account the length of time it is taking for families/couples/individual's to find private accommodation, this change will allow for the applicants to access the higher homeless rate of HAP from the date of issue of the NTQ to the Council.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to ensure that any family that are referred /given temporary or emergency accommodation, through the SDCC Homeless Section, either in the County or the City, are placed in accommodation that is suitable to the needs of that family, that they have access to kitchen facilities, have access to bathrooms, have the basic access to the Internet to facilitate students in that family who are studying for their Junior or Leaving Cert or are attending 3rd level College and that the family are not required to leave the accommodation every day at 0.8am and "allowed" to return at 1700 hours and that he address this issue with the necessary authorities or agencies.
To call on the Chief Executive of the Council to help address fuel poverty within our local authority homes by partnering with EnergyCloud, a not-for profit organisation. EnergyCloud was established to use some of the surplus renewable energy, which would otherwise be wasted, to help tackle fuel poverty, which impacts thousands of Irish families every day and is also in line with the Government's Climate Action Plan.
That this council prohibits advertising from Gambling companies on and in all buildings owned by the local authority.
That this Council agrees to make it a priority to fix heating systems when they break down in Council owned housing.
That this Council agrees to write to An Bord Pléanala, to the Minister of Housing Darragh O'Brien Minister of State Peter Burke with special responsibility for Planning, Local Government and Heritage to request a change in legislation to allow for pause on planning application decisions related to ongoing and future private large development within the proposed City Edge Redevelopment areas. A recent report provided to members in relation to this project, the largest new town in the whole of Europe referenced the challenges being presented to project development during this incredibly period of time. The question must be asked whether the state and local government are responsible for planning of new sustainable communities or whether we will continue to outsource this to private developers, whose only interest is in relation to their own site and their bottom line.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Transport to expedite the process to ensure that Legislation is passed to deal with the control of Scramblers and expresses concern at the delay in dealing with the issue which is of great concern to many.
This Council agrees to run an education and awareness campaign to keep pedestrians and cyclists safe on mountain and pathway-free roads this summer.
Noting that Circular PL02-2018 predates provision for Large Scale Residential Developments, that this Council writes to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of Ireland requesting clarification as to whether it would be appropriate for presentations to be furnished by local authorities to Area Committee Meetings in relation to Large Scale Residential Developments (LRDs) planned for their areas, similar to those done in relation to Strategic Housing Developments (SHDs), given the significance of these developments for our areas