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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) April Council Minutes – 11th April 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
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Tenants-In-Situ scheme. Report to include the number of properties offered to SDCC, sales that have been completed to date and explain any barriers/blockages the Council has encountered related to this scheme
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on emergency accommodation in SDCC over the last five years. Report to include the number of emergency accommodation beds available to in the SDCC area and to detail any capacity issues
To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on any planned increase in emergency accommodation for individuals and families located within the SDCC area and to make a statement on the matter.
How many properties have been identified as vacant/derelict and how many of those has SDCC intervened in with the intention of bringing the property back into use over the last 5 years?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on Compulsory Purchase Orders relating to vacant/derelict homes instigated by SDCC over the last five years. Report to include the challenges/barriers of using a CPO.
To ask the Chief Executive how many Trades People/Apprentices are directly employed by the Council & if there are any plans to increase those numbers?
To ask the Chief Executive how many homeless individuals/couples/families are currently being accommodated or not in the County with the following breakdown in table format of the type of accommodation that they are currently residing or none: Hotels HUB's Women's Refuge Safe Houses Long term homeless accommodation managed by voluntary agencies International Protection/Refugee accommodation Direct Provision Sofa Surfers Street Sleepers
To ask for a report on units acquired under Part V legislation. Report to include number of units in the last 5 years to be broken down by area.
To ask the Chief Executive how many housing planning applications have been approved in the County in the last 5 years, and to confirm how many have been completed.
To ask the manager to describe and list in tabular form, the types of public benches available in South County Dublin public realm, noting height differentials and inclusive attributes, examples would include: no back/ low arm/ wheelchair inclusive / supportive of those with hip or knee replacements / suitable for arthritis sufferers.
To ask the Council to outline the current plant based offerings for food and beverages within South Dublin County Council run restaurants, cafes and catering services and to provide in tabular form, the number and percentage of total options that are plant based food and beverage options therein.
To ask the Chief Executive what local employment clauses are currently contained in the tendering contracts for Part 8 projects, and to provide the full wording of it?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the implementation of the renters safety net for households at risk of eviction due to the sale of their home.
To ask the Chief Executive what steps is the council taking to ensure to expand its existing 'tenant-in-situ' scheme to ensure that renters in receipt of HAP or RAS aren't made homeless due to the sale of the property including what extra resources (e.g. manpower and budgetary) is the council devoting to ensure this?
To ask the Chief Executive what steps is the council taking to ensure implementation of the new 'cost rental backstop' whereby the council or an Approved Housing Body (AHB) will purchase the home of renters who are not in receipt of HAP or RAS but who are facing homelessness due to the sale of the property including what extra resources (e.g. manpower and budgetary) is the council devoting to ensure this?
With regard to the Motion passed at the February Council Meeting on Section 254 applications can the manager provide the likely timetable for the introduction of the new measure and when it will be mandatory to erect a site notice with each new Section 254 application.
To ask the manager to update on the repair and maintenance arrangements for bicycle stations in the County and whether there will be further stations installed and mapped? Can further locations be submitted for consideration for new installations.
Could the Manager give an update on the proposed list of protected structures, that were being investigated following the Development Plan motions last year.
To ask the CEO to report as to what is the current position in relation to the commencement of the review of the Rural Housing Policy and Local Needs Criteria under H17 Objective 1 in the South Dublin County Development Plan and when is it going to be implemented?
To ask the manager to detail the current processing time of housing applications now that the move to digital applications is complete and how does this compare with the previous 12 week timeframe for processing paper applications?"
To ask the Chief Executive for a breakdown of those on the housing list, broken down by type of home requested, the size of household and whether medical transfer has been approved. Response to report on net (standard list) and gross housing need (including HAP, RAS, transfers etc).
To ask the chief executive what the price of going for a Swim is in the SDCC owned Swimming Pools in Tallaght and Clondalkin and what it is expected to be in the new pool in Lucan?
To ask the CEO to state how many new applications for Housing have been received so far in 2023 and will he confirm how the Housing Department is coping with the pressure dealing with the applications and will he make a statement?
To ask the CEO to refer to the new Voting Registers and confirm the number of Voters in each Electoral Areas.
To ask the CEO if he has maintained contacts to ensure that the quality of the water supply into our County does not create any concerns; will he give assurances and make a statement?
To ask the CEO to report on his ongoing actions to deal with the challenges of the climate crisis; will he detail his endeavours to promote the Council's work in that regard among the public and will he furnish a detailed statement?
To ask the CEO to detail his last review of Grave spaces throughout our County; will he give assurances in respect of the issue and make a statement?
To ask the Chief Executive For a report into how contracts for housing are awarded and what role the council plays in ensuring employers are employing Bricklayers legally - for example Bricklayers who are supposed to be employed by direct PAYE and not through self-employment?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(No Reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) LD 1551 Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent to 20 Elm Close, Griffeen Valley, Lucan, Co Dublin to Aisling Dee and Carl Geoghegan
H-I 7 (a) LD 1551 Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent to 20 Elm Close, Griffeen Valley, Lucan, Co Dublin to Aisling Dee and Carl Geoghegan
MANAGERS REPORT - FOR NOTING
DECLARATION OF PUBLIC ROADS TAKING IN CHARGE OF A HOUSING ESTATE UNDER SECTION 180 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000. ADDRESS: ABBOTS GROVE HOUSING ESTATE, BALLYCULLEN, CO. DUBLIN – FOR APPROVAL
DECLARATION OF PUBLIC ROADS TAKING IN CHARGE OF A HOUSING ESTATE UNDER SECTION 180 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000. ADDRESS: CLORAGH MILLS, EDMONDSTOWN ROAD, RATHFARNHAM, DUBLIN 16 – FOR APPROVAL
300K HAVE YOUR SAY SHORTLIST – FOR APPROVAL
LOCAL SPORTS PLAN - FOR NOTING
UPDATE ON LAND USE & MOVEMENT CONCEPT FOR LANDS AT RATHCOOLE - FOR NOTING
TALLAGHT HERITAGE CENTRE UPDATE – FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
(a) Reply received from Minister for Health in relation to Motion 4 (Free Contraception) at the January 2023 Council Meeting
Acknowledgements
(b) Acknowledgement received from the Taoiseach in relation to Motion 3 (Declaration of Conflict of Interest Form) at the January 2023 Council Meeting
(c) Acknowledgement received from the Taoiseach in relation to Motion 11 (All-Ireland Citizens' Assembly) at the February 2023 Council Meeting
(d) Acknowledgement received from Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to Motion 9 (Childcare) at the March 2023 Council Meeting
(e) Acknowledgement received from Minister for Justice in relation to Motion 12 (Domestic Violence Legislation) at the March 2023 Council Meeting
Correspondence
(f) Correspondence from Cork County Council re. Planning & Development Bill
(g) Correspondence from Westmeath County Council re. Regional Public Banking System
(h) Correspondence from Wicklow County Council re. Irish Forestry Land
(i) Correspondence from Clare County Council re. Croi Conaithe Scheme
Motions
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.
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.
That, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions, this council calls for a ban on flights between locations that are linked by a train journey of less than four hours. On passing a letter issues to the Minister for Transport.
That this council agrees that South Dublin County Council provide service information to be made available in Irish Sign Language, highlighting the option to request a sign language interpreter for appointments and pointing to general assistance in this regard.
This council agrees that, following on from the feasibility study budgeted for in 2021, the Executive proceeds with a scheme to compost in-house all tree prunings, grass cuttings and other organic matter arising from public realm maintenance and to make full use of the compost in terms of anaerobic digestion and distribution of the locally produced compost as part of a move to a truly circular economy.