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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) September Council Minutes - 12th September 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) Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
c) SPC Standing Orders Review
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
a) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Heritage & Libraries SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 7th September 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 4th May 2022
b) Environment, Water, Climate Change & Biodiversity SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 7th September 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 3rd May 2022
c) Economic, Enterprise & Tourism SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 14th September 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 11th May 2022
d) Housing SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 8th September 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 12th May 2022
e) Social, Community & Equality SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 20th September 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 17th May 2022
f) Land Use, Planning & Transportation SPC
(i) - Report of Meeting - 29th September 2022
(ii) - Minutes of Meeting - 26th May 2022
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
REPORT FROM JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE - FOR NOTING
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on retrofitting works for Older Persons accommodation across the county, including timelines and to specify what work will be carried out.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline what items are available to borrow from the county libraries in relation to energy saving.
To ask the Chief Executive how SDCC deals with complaints from the public re lack of enforcement relating to dogs off of leads in public parks and greens, especially where another animal(s) and or person is injured as a result.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the activities of dog wardens. Report to include how many are employed, how many are on duty at any one time and their role in relation to surveying parks/dog fouling.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm whether the Housing Department have noticed an increase in the number of notice to quit eviction notices being given to HAP and RAS tenants over the last five years.
To ask the Chief Executive how many applications were made for discretionary increases in HAP for the year 2021, 2020 and 2019, how many were awarded and what percentage of those HAP tenancies does this equate to for each of the years.
To ask the Chief Executive to set out in tabular form by LEA the incidences of illegal dumping and the cost to clean up same over the last two years.
To ask the Chief Executive for details of targeted measures to combat illegal dumping in litter black spots.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline arrangements to prevent illegal bonfires and damage to property and local amenities in the run up to, and during, the Halloween period this year, as well as initiatives to promote a "Safe Halloween" throughout this Council area.
To ask the Chief Executive whether nesting bird surveys are incorporated into the Council's management of long flowering meadows under the Pollinator Action Plan
What is the definition of "a high threshold bed" in the homeless sector ?
To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on the actions taken in relation to the extra funding for staffing resources allocated by Minister Darragh O’Brien to successfully deliver the “HOUSING FOR ALL” targets.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide this Council with a report on the 12 month pilot mapping project agreed and conducted by SDCC between July 2021 - July 2022 into the locations at which nitrous oxide cannisters were reported and removed. Report to include actions/recommendations in addressing this ongoing issue.
To ask the Chief Executive how many tenants pay by standing order and to provide a breakdown in tabular form of how many pay weekly, fortnightly and monthly?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on how many inspections of private rental accommodation have taken place in 2022, report to include what percentage of the private rental accommodation in the county this amounts to, and the target desired percentage for all of 2022?
To ask the Chief Executive if a watering regime is needed for the street trees that were planted over the last year?
To ask the Chief Executive to list the streets or villages of the county where there are restrictions on certain types of vehicles e.g. 3 tonne limits or 7 tonne limits?
To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report including maps of all Public Right of Way that has have been listed in the 2022 - 2028 CDP?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on when work to find all the rights of way in the county might begin?
To ask the Chief Executive if he has any concerns in respect of water levels in the County; will he give assurances and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm that he continues to take actions to control the use of Scramblers in our Parks and Open Spaces; will he details contacts he has had in respect of this problem and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive to update members on the further development of the Council's Tourism Strategy; will he confirm discussions he has had in the matter and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive to detail actions he is taking to ensure that all Council Housing Projects will be completed given the well publicised difficulties being experienced by builders; will he give details in respect of the Projects and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive if he has now finalised a programme of actions to deal with the challenges of the Bonfire Season through October; will he appreciate the concerns of many in the matter and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report in to the current Litter Bye Laws. Report to include how they could be changed and how can a councillor request a change?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to planning and do food outlets and shops selling food and drink products have to provide a bin outside there premises and if not how could this be made a condition of planning?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report that considering Big Belly Bins are now deemed not visible how do SDCC propose to deal with the litter issue particularly large pizza boxes?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what books are available in different languages from our libraries and can members of the public request same?
To ask the chief executive for an report into the height of the ladder in Belgard fire station , can this ladder reach the height of all apartment blocks in SDCC?
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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 169 Arthur Griffith Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 169 Arthur Griffith Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin
MANAGERS REPORT - FOR NOTING
LPT VARIATION REPORT – FOR APPROVAL
OVERDRAFT ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENT 2023 – FOR APPROVAL
AUDIT REPORT 2021 ACCOUNTING YEAR – FOR NOTING
RATIFICATION OF PPN REPRESENTATIVE - FOR APPROVAL
DODDER VALLEY – BLUE HAVEN/FIRHOUSE ROAD PART 8 – FOR APPROVAL
MECHANICAL DEPOT PALMERSTOWN PART 8 – FOR APPROVAL
CAPITAL ASSISTANCE SCHEME - FOR APPROVAL
DRAFT SCHEME OF PRIORITY FOR AFFORDABLE DWELLING PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS - FOR APPROVAL
COMMUNITY & SPORTS GRANTS – FOR NOTING
CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRESS REPORT – FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
Acknowledgements
Correspondence
(a) Correspondence from Tipperary County Council re. Additional Funding for Local Authorities
(b) Correspondence from Mayo County Council re. Expansion of Eligible Criteria for Croí Cónaithe
(c) Correspondence from Meath County Council re. Condolences to the People of Tallaght
Motions
The regressive response to Question 12 from the council of March 2022 that asked for an update on the feasibility study on the installation of public toilets is noted. To begin to resolve this situation in a progressive manner this council agrees to have one self cleaning one person outdoor public toilet installed in each of the four local areas of SDCC. http://www.sdublincoco.ie/Meetings/ViewDocument/74389
To ask the Chief Executive to undertake an examination of the extent to which the Council is currently involved in supporting childcare within the South Dublin County Council area, with a view to seeing if this support can be enhanced. This would include an audit of childcare services in its own properties, including Council owned community, youth and leisure centres. (Details of a similar examination being carried out by another local authority is attached)
That this Council calls for effective action to deal with boarded up Council houses and return them to the housing stock for reletting.
To ask South Dublin County Council to develop a protocol whereby Councillors can make representations on behalf of constituents to Approved Housing Bodies to ensure that AHB's will have a pathway to communicate with Councillors when they contact them on behalf of their constituents. Given the growing number of tenancies in the County which are being managed by AHBs this protocol will ensure that tenants get the necessary support and level of representation which they are entitled to.
This Council calls on the government to launch an enquire into declarations of TD's and elected representatives and the owing of property's to rent and their declaration's of conflict of interest in discussions and votes on matters regarding housing and the rental sector and to issue a report.
That this council support the Children in Hospital and Irish Cancer Society Hidden Costs Campaign to eliminate or significantly reduce car park costs for those that are frequent visitors to hospital. If this motion is agreed we will write to the Minister For Health and the Children in Hospital Group expressing our support
This Council calls on the Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly to extend Free Contraception for the over 30s on a medical card, this would include scraping fees for those seeking to have fittings/removals of various types of long acting reversible contraception, as a 1st step to the introduction of free contraception to all.
That this council declares that private airplanes used for leisure or commerce are wasteful and inconsistent with our climate goals, and demands that none are given permission to fly in Irish air space. On passing the motion a letter issues to Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport.
In an effort to give residents of areas in the County an opportunity to make observations regarding applications for S254 Licences for telecommunication cabinets and masts, this Council calls on the Manager to amend the South Dublin County Council S254 Applications Policy.
That this Council now agrees to press upon Government, the HSE and all relevant stakeholders to develop a comprehensive 'National Defibrillator Database' that actively works to update the location of all Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) in Ireland.
This County Council declares South Dublin to be a Fair Trade County, and commits to establishing a fair trade committee of elected representatives, community representatives and local businesses to adhere to the aims of Fair Trade Ireland.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Health to carry out research into any long-term effects of using Electronic Cigarettes or Vapes.