Agenda - April 2024 County Council Meeting

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Date:
08/04/2024 15:00
Location:
Council Chamber
Standing Orders:

Headed Items

H-I (1)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL

(a) March Council Minutes – 11th March 2024

H-I (2)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

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 

H-I (3)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL

a) Report on Conferences/Seminars

b) Review of Naming Infrastructure Policy

 

H-I (4)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development , Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change , Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation, A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING 

(No Reports)

H-I (5)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING

(No Reports)

Questions

Qu (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor Y. Collins
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Council for an update on its allotment policy, to include the basis on which plots are allocated, and the average time from the date of application to the date on which a plot is allocated.

Qu (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor Y. Collins
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

Has the Council considered using optical illusion speed bumps as part of a strategy to reduce speeding on our roads and to assist in traffic calming?

Qu (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Costello
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive how long does it take to process a social housing support application from date of receipt to acceptance assuming all supporting documentation has been submitted

Qu (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Costello
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on projects that were awarded sports capital funding in the past 5 years

Qu (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on how the budget allocation that was agreed through the JPC for Domestic Violence training & awareness will be spent, the report should include how many front-line council staff will be trained from this budget? 

Qu (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor L.Guéret
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive if consideration would be given to engaging the services of an Occupational Therapist to provide assessments for the residents of South Dublin County when they apply for Housing Adaptation or any grant application that requires an Occupational Therapy Assessment.

Qu (7)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Hagin Meade
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the development, timeline and implementation agreed motion 5, September 2022, Sustainable Development Goal Community Dashboard with funding allocated in Budget 2023.

Qu (8)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Hagin Meade
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive if an online safety campaign aimed at raising awareness for motorists of vulnerable active travel users, on mountain roads during the summer (motion 15 agreed June 2022), will be repeated in summer 2024?

Qu (9)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Lynch
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

Can the Chief Executive outline the reasons why so many potholes have appeared on roads in the constituency over the last number of months and what is being done to repair them.

Qu (10)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Lynch
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive to comment on the viewpoint that the narrowing of roads and tightening of corners leads to greater wear and damage of roads as all tyres hit the same narrow stretch of road.

Qu (11)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Lynch
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive has there been a noticeable decrease in littering of plastic bottles and cans since the introduction of the deposit return scheme.

Qu (12)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Lynch
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive has there been a noticeable decrease in the volume of waste in public bins since the introduction of the deposit return scheme.

Qu (13)
Submitted by:
Councillor V. Mulhall
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive how many tenants are the on are on the list for a home energy upgrade inspection and if he would make a statement on likely timeframe inspections will be carried out?

Qu (14)
Submitted by:
Councillor V. Mulhall
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive if the home energy upgrade section of SDCC is adequately resourced with staff and funding to carry out inspections and works?

Qu (15)
Submitted by:
Councillor V. Mulhall
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive how people are prioritised when applying for housing through CBL and if he could outline how this process works?

Qu (16)
Submitted by:
Councillor V. Mulhall
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive the action SDCC plan to take to best support and facilitate integration of asylum seekers and IPA people into our county?

Qu (17)
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a further update and indicative timeline for when council tenants can expect to be able to make rent payments online and set out what any difficulties in providing this service?

Qu (18)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive what role if any county councils have in relation to providing accommodation for asylum seekers?

Qu (19)
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive if he is working on a plan to deal effectively with the annual challenges of the Halloween season and will he make a statement? 

Qu (20)
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive to present an up to date report on his continued efforts to deal with our Housing/Homeless crisis and may we have a statement? 

Qu (21)
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
Director of Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development

To ask the Chief Executive if he has a job creation target for the County and will he furnish a detailed statement?

Qu (22)
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive if he continues to encourage Volunteerism throughout our County; will he give details and make a statement? 

Qu (23)
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive to outline his policy to deal with requests from concerned residents who report damage to their property from a Tree and feel strongly that health and safety would be served by the felling of the Tree and will he make a statement? 

Qu (24)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive what level engagement South Dublin County Council has with refuse collection companies in relation to the picking up of bins and ensuring the returned empty bins are placed within a homeowner's boundary.

Qu (25)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive the approximate time it takes the Council to arrange clean up of graffiti following receipt of a rep and location of graffiti to be removed.

Qu (26)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive would he explain the bye laws for poster raising in regard to candidates running for local election, that includes what's allowed and not allowed?

Qu (27)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change , A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive what grants are available to local Tidy Towns groups and other groups to undertake Climate change projects at a local community level?

Qu (28)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive how much is paid out in HAP Payments throughout SDCC and what efforts are being made to reduce this cost to the Taxpayer?

Qu (29)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Finance

To ask the Chief Executive for a breakdown of local property tax paid to council per LEA since 2019?

Qu (30)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Finance

To ask the Chief Executive for a breakdown of commercial rates paid to Council since 2019 by LEA?

Headed Items

H-I (6)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS

(No Reports)

H-I (7)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development , A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL

H7(A) Disposal of Fee Simple at 84 Balrothery Estate to Mrs Patricia Ryan

H7(b) Proposed disposal of plot of land to Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) to facilitate a replacement District Regulation Installation (DRI) unit at Glenview Lawns,Tallaght, Dublin 24

H7(c) Proposed leasehold disposal of land at St. Cuthbert's Road to Deansrath Family Centre CLG

H7(A) Disposal of Fee Simple  at 84 Balrothery Estate to Mrs Patricia Ryan

H7(B) Map 


Proposed disposal of plot of land to Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) to facilitate a replacement District Regulation Installation (DRI) unit at Glenview Lawns,Tallaght, Dublin 24

 

 


Proposed leasehold disposal of land at St. Cuthbert's Road to Deansrath Family Centre CLG

H-I (8)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Chief Executive
H-I (9)
Submitted by:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Director of Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development
H-I (10)
Submitted by:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Director of Finance

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT

(a) Annual Financial Statement 2023 - For Noting

(b) Authorisation of Additional Expenditure - For Approval

(c) Approval of transfers - For Approval

H-I (11)
Submitted by:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

TAKING IN CHARGE OF DODDERBROOK PHASE 1 – FOR APPROVAL

H-I (12)
Submitted by:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change
H-I (13)
Submitted by:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 2024 – FOR NOTING

H-I (14)
Submitted by:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
A/Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

COMMUNITY & SPORT DEVELOPMENT GRANTS – FOR NOTING

Correspondence

Cor (1)
Submitted by:
Corporate Performance and Change Management Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE

Replies

 

Acknowledgements

 

Correspondence

 

 

Motions

Mot (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Lynch
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water & Climate Change

That the council designs a policy and guidelines that allows residents groups, at their own expense, who have unanimous or majority agreement on a given street or area, and with prior approval from the council, to conduct on street tree pruning using licenced arboricultural professionals.

Mot (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to take immediate and effective action to deal with the situation where many public lights across our County are out of order and subject to huge delays regarding repairs?

Mot (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

This Council notes with concern the increasing number of potholes on the road and bike lane network across South Dublin County Council and requests that repairs are carried out as a matter of urgency.

Mot (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Ó Brádaigh
Responsibility:
Director of Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development

That the Council agrees that Tallaght Stadium be made available to play a Soccer match against Palestine if requested by the FAI or a League of Ireland Club.

Mot (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Johansson
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

That the Chief Executive will produce an annual audit of all Council owned premises in the area of the South Dublin County Council's local authority for wheelchair accessibility and access to wheelchair accessible toilet facilities. A list of all independently wheelchair and wheelchair accessible facilities to be published as soon as practical and the council's website to be updated accordingly, this list be published annually every 1st March, International Wheelchair Day.

Mot (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Hagin Meade
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance & Change Management

That South Dublin County Council become an Autism Friendly Community, joining Dublin City and communities nationwide, by signing up to the AsIAm Autism Friendly Community Commitment and creating a 3 year inclusion plan. Full details are available here: https://asiam.ie/autism-friendly-communities-portal/