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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) December Council Minutes – 12th December 2022
FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.19 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001 FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCILLOR P. KAVANAGH
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
b) Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Brittas Area Committee Meeting
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
c) Tallaght Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
d) Lucan/Palmerstown/North Clondalkin Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts (Grant), Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL
(No Reports)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
Questions
To ask the Chief Executives for a report on social housing voids and to compare 2022 to 2018 inclusive. Report to include the average turn around time, to outline where the blockages are and what SDCC are doing to resolve this.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the SDCC housing delivery report for 2022. The report should denote all delivery streams individually and including Traveller accommodation
To ask the Chief Executive are there plans to ensure that footpaths near to schools are gritted during cold weather periods?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline clearly from start to finish, how residents and councillors can request traffic calming measures in estates, in areas where children are playing and/or crossing the road regularly?
To ask if SDCC own equipment suitable for gritting segregated cycle lanes and pavements and do they have plans to acquire such equipment?
To ask the chief executive to report, in tabular form on the number of accidents that were reported to SDCC due to ice related falls/accidents on pavements and cycle lanes over the past 4 years.
In relation to the new Pathfinder Active Travel Projects and the main cycle arteries in SDCC, can the Chief Executive outline the plan to keep these active travel routes gritted and passable like main car routes, during icy conditions or orange/red weather warnings?
How many houses have the council purchased through the procurement process from land lords in the past 5 years.
How many houses are currently been reviewed for purchase through the procurement process by SDCC ?
To ask the CEO if he plans to review the Council's Traveller Accommodation Programme and confirm services being provided to Traveller families across our County and will he make a statement?
To ask the CEO to report on the recent meeting he attended, along with other Chief Executives, with the Minister for Housing, to discuss the housing crisis; will he detail plans he has to implement proposals which came from that meeting and will he make a statement?
To ask the CEO if he is working on plans to provide additional allotment spaces in the County; will he appreciate the clear demand in that regard and make a statement?
To ask the CEO if he has sought assurances from the Chief Fire Officer in respect of Fire Brigade services in the County; will he detail the level of resources available in that regard and make a statement?
To ask the CEO for a report into the Tenant Purchase Scheme; report to include any proposed changes and plans to further promote the scheme in that regard and will he make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into What is happening with residue of 2022 Tidy Town funding.? This is 3rd year the TT budget was not fully allocated to various TT groups.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into how SDCC will meet the need for single room emergency accommodation in SDCC in the Dublin mid-west area?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into how SDCC protect protected animals like swans and bats etc and how this is enforced ?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into how planning enforcement cases are carried out in SDCC that includes timeframe involved and the procedure involved?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what additional measures are being put in place to protect protected structures and historical ruins in SDCC against the increased risks of Climate Change?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(No Reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
H8 (a) - LD 1570 - Grant of Lease to Weston Hockey Club at Lock Road, Ballyowen, Lucan, Co. Dublin
H-I (7) A - LD 1570 - Grant of Lease to Weston Hockey Club at Lock Road, Ballyowen, Lucan, Co. Dublin
MANAGERS REPORT - FOR NOTING
RESIDENTIAL ZONE LAND TAX - FOR NOTING
CREATIVE IRELAND ARTS STRATEGY - FOR NOTING
CORPORATE PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW- FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY AND SPORTS GRANTS - FOR NOTING
Correspondence
CORRESPONDENCE
(a) LG 08-2022 Local Representation Allowance End of Year
(b) LG 08-2022 LRA sample template written certification of expenditure
(c) S.I. No. 313 of 2021
Motions
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.
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.
This the Council write to the Taoiseach to call for a referendum on the ownership of our water services and call for the following wording be used in said referendum: 'The Government shall be collectively responsible for the protection, management and maintenance of the public water system. The Government shall ensure in the public interest that this resource remains in public ownership and management.'
That this Council calls on the CEO to arrange for a strategy to be formulated within the overall County Strategy to Tackle Illegal Dumping in all its forms that utilises to its fullest affect the recently enacted "Circular Economy Act" that includes Codes of Practice that can be used by Local Authorities such as ours to utilise CCTV and other technologies.
That this Council writes to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth requesting that all childcare providers register for and be in a position to provide NCS-subsidised hours for at least 50% of children in their care.
South Dublin County Council supports the Animal Health & Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020 and will write to the Minister for Agriculture, calling for a ban on hare coursing.
In line with the Biodiversity and Climate Emergencies declared for South Dublin County in 2019, that this Council commits to a rapid roll-out of Mini-Woodlands / Stepping Stone Forests at suitable locations countywide with the support of local community groups and with a target of 25,000 trees by the end of this term.
That this council ask that In conjunction with the DSPCA can SDCC urgently create an easily-accessible public register of reputable dog breeders in the SDCC area in conjunction with the DSPCA? The intended outcomes are the following -
(a) that the DSPCA will regularly and often inspect the breeders' premises where the dogs are kept to ensure that the dogs are maintained properly in proper surroundings;
(b) that members of the public can easily find on the SDCC website those reputable breeders who breed their dogs in proper conditions.
That this Council agree a protocol that communicates to residents in writing when a public tree close to their home needs to be removed.
That this Council formulates a strategy re the use of CCTV and other technologies pursuant to the provisions of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, to combat illegal dumping throughout the county.