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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) March Council Minutes – 13th March 2023
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, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL
a) Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
c) Nomination of a New LUPT SPC Chair
d) Filling of Vacancies on Committees / Statutory Bodies
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
Questions
To ask the manager can I get a break down of support staff in place to support people in homeless accommodation, for eg how many outreach workers are there and how many people on average are they responsible for helping
To ask the manager how many properties have been purchased through the tenant in situ Scheme in the county ytd
To ask the manager how many applications are there currently for landlords wishing to sell their property to SDCC
To ask the manager for a step by step guide on the process of local authority purchasing properties with tenants in situ from start to finish and average time this takes
To ask the Manager the % of public procurement contracts and % of public procurement contract funds, in excess of €25,000, that are awarded to businesses, contractors employed by SDCC within the South Dublin administrative area for 2022?
To ask the manager in relation to the District Heating Project in Tallaght, how service users will be charged (prices) for heating and if the charges will be linked to energy price increases in Ireland and Europe?
regarding the climate action bill we were presented at march council meeting, has there been an economic report regarding how it might effect peoples cost of living in a positive or negative way ?
regarding the climate action bill we were presented at march council meeting, are the stake holders described state funded or independent ?
To ask the Manager how much South Dublin county Council has been spent on consultants in 2022 and how many of the projects for which consultants were engaged do not have a Department within South Dublin County Council that deals with the relevant issues?
To ask the Manager how much South Dublin County Council spent on external consultants in 2022 and to list the projects for which consultants were engaged?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Tenant In Situ Scheme. Report to include the criteria for eligibility for the scheme e.g. for RAS/HAP landlord, suitable family size in the property, length of time the property has been occupied and required time the tenant has been in receipt of Social Housing Supports.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on abandoned vehicles within the county between Feb 2022 – Feb 2023, in tabular format. Report to include notices issued to registered owners, costs, monies recovered, and number of vehicles correctly disposed.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of applications of the Tenant In Situ Scheme since it reopened in April 2022. The report to include the number of properties purchased, currently with the Valuers Office / Council Law Department, refused by Council and withdrawn by landlord.
To ask the CEO to give assurances that everything possible is being done to provide supports for those presenting as homeless in our County; will he give details of his actions in that regard and make a statement?
To ask the CEO to confirm contacts he has maintained with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of housing targets; will he detail any new proposals he has presented and will he make a statement?
To ask the CEO if his consideration of all matters relating to last year's Bonfire Season has informed proposals to deal with the challenges of the 2023 Season; will he appreciate the concerns of many regarding the annual cost of dealing with the issue and will he make a statement?
To ask the CEO to detail supports available to Community Centres throughout our County to ensure that the needs of their communities are being catered for and will he present a statement?
To ask the CEO if he has sought further funding from Government to allow the purchase of homes across the County; will he give full details of the programme he is following in that regard and table a statement?
That the chief executive outline council policy regarding buying houses where tenants facing eviction are currently residing, to prevent them becoming homeless.
To ask the Chief executive would he consider looking at how SDCC could promote webcasting in the public interest of Transparency and accountability ?
To ask the Chief Executive how does the manager aim to deal with the issue of Graffiti that is a scourge in our communities?
To ask the Chief Executive are developers held to account for damage to roads and paths due to their building works?
To ask the Chief Executive are LAPs legally binding and to report how they are enforced ?
To ask the Chief executive has an online voting registration started and to explain how it works?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(No Reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
MANAGERS REPORT - FOR NOTING
ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(a) Annual Financial Statement 2022 - For Noting
(b) Additional Expenditure - For Approval
(c) Approval of transfers - For Approval
2022 ANNUAL REPORT – FOR APPROVAL
VACANCY ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC REALM & CLIMATE CHANGE SPC - FOR APPROVAL
EXTINGUISHMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY – 46 – 48 MOORFIELD AVENUE, CLONDALKIN – FOR APPROVAL
CAPITAL PROJECTS PROGRESS REPORT – FOR NOTING
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL’S ALLOTMENT POLICY – FOR NOTING
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS - TEMPORARY PLANNING EXEMPTION - FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
Acknowledgements
Correspondence
Correspondence from Minister for Children, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman re. Mother and Baby Homes
Correspondence from Sligo County Council re. Kaftrio medication
Correspondence from Tipperary County Council re. Apprentice Schemes
Correspondence from Tipperary County Council re. Mother and Baby homes
Correspondence from Wexford County Council re. Submissions and Observations in relation to Planning Applications
Motions
To ask the Chief Executive to implement a 'Rainbow Steps' initiative at various locations across South Dublin to promote diversity and inclusion within the County.
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.
That this Council agree a protocol that communicates to residents in writing when a public tree close to their home needs to be removed.
This council calls on the minister for health to set up an independent enquiry to explore the reasons for Irelands 2023 high excess deaths figures and to make a statement on it.
This council agrees to set out an ambitious timeframe for retrofitting it's existing housing stock to a level that ensures (i) the comfort of tenants via efficient heating systems, (ii) the health of tenants by the elimination of damp and mould and (iii) that climate targets are met via a substantial reduction in the use of fossil fuels for heating and cooking.
South Dublin County Council condemns the re-imposition of what the Supreme Court described as arbitrary, unjust, discriminatory, and unnecessary criteria for the Disabled Drivers and Passengers Tax Concession Scheme (DDPS), an act that has all the hallmarks of being constitutionally unsound and calls on Government to introduce emergency legislation to address the situation.
That the Chief Executive update the Housing Online CBL system to include information on each property on numbers of applicants that have expressed interest in that property and the time on list of highest applicant.
This Council calls on the Chief Executive to agree to have the previous procedure for Elected Members for submitting representations and receiving replies for housing maintenance, retained through the existing members rep system.
To assist people with the process of right sizing housing SDCC will arrange information seminars to outline, the requirements, the rules, the facts about living in age friendly housing
This Council calls on the Government to extend the ban on evictions until the end of the January 2024 and to write to the Office of the Taoiseach in this regard.
That this Council agrees that the passage of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, which deals with the issue of scramblers, is taking too long and calls on the government to expedite the process.