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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Annual Meeting Minutes - 21st June 2024
(b) July Council Minutes - 8th July 2024
FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL - TALLAGHT CENTRAL LEA - FOR APPROVAL
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/Training
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
Questions
To ask the chief executive the yearly funding provided to the council and accompanying number of homes retrofitted as part of the Local Authority Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, since the programmes rollout (broken down by year).
To ask the chief executive, since the implementation of the tenants in situ scheme, the total number of requests received from the council, the total number of homes bought under the scheme, and the average wait time from start to finish.
To ask the chief executive the costs associated with repairs, maintenance, or other necessary works completed by the council using outsourced/contracted workers for council homes
To ask the chief executive the percentage of the budget allocated Traveller accommodation that has been spent for each of the last 5 years
To ask the chief executive under what conditions the council would deem it appropriate to refuse to award procurement contracts to companies with links to (or operating within states charged with) genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It is noted that the awarding of public procurement contracts is carried out in accordance with the revised directive 2014/24/EU (transposed into Irish law in 2017).
To ask the CEO how many fines have been issued in respect of dog fouling and/or other safety or enforcement issues by dog wardens in the last 12 months?
Please provide a report on how many gardeners are directly employed by the council to maintain trees, flowers and planting in SDCC parks, district centres, verges, etc- report to include any plans to increase this given the very welcome number of new wildflower and green areas being created in the county
How many dog wardens does the council currently employ and do they operate only in SDCC parks, or do they also operate on streets and smaller green areas?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline what measures may be implemented to ensure full implementation of the three year tree maintenance programme by the end of 2025?
To ask the Chief Executive, given that not all estates are serviced within the three year maintenance plan cycle, can you outline how long it takes to complete tree maintenance across the county?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the level of resources, both internal and external, being deployed by the Council in 2024 to repair damaged footpaths and trip hazards?
To ask the Chief Executive for a breakdown by electoral area of the number of footpath repair requests listed for works recorded by the council?
To ask the Chief Executive how many footpath repairs listed for works will be repaired by end of 2024?
To ask the Chief Executive what options are available in the case of mature estates where it becomes clear that the trees originally planted in the estate were inappropriate and have now become a serious nuisance?
To ask the Council whether it has asked the Data Protection Commissioner to review its finding that the Council may not install CCTV in its public parks, to act as a deterrent against acts of vandalism such as the recent destruction of cherry trees and saplings in Dodder Valley Park, as per the Motion submitted by me at our Council meeting on the 13th May 2024
To ask for a report on how SDCC monitors household compliance with Household Waste Collection bylaws.
Can SDCC provide a report of council owned laneways, report to include which ones need attention to remove illegal dumping or over vegetation and what schedule is in place to cleanse those that need to be addressed.
To ask the Chief Executive how many people who have children with rare complex medical needs (using hoists etc) are waiting to be housed in the county and what is the length of time they are waiting?
To ask the Chief Executive for the studies showing the positive economic impact migrants have on our economy as claimed in the SDCC Fact or Fiction factcheck leaflet "Migrants benefit our economy". Specifically, distinguishing between educated EU migrants and migrants from non-EU countries.
To ask the Chief Executive for a breakdown of where the funds of €2,754,305 have been allocated under the Community Recognition Fund for communities that have welcomed migrants?
Could the Manager please give details of the number of requests that were made for tree removals, resulting from damage to property in 2023/2024. Could he also detail the number of cases where the householder was asked to provide an Engineers report?
Could the Manager please advise this Council if in cases where a successful claim for damages, caused by a Contractor working on behalf of South Dublin County Council, is made to Irish Public Bodies Insurance, would that payment for damages be recovered by SDCC from the Contractor?
Does SDCC (and/or its contractors) record the quantity of pesticides they use each year?
To ask the Chief Executive for a break down by tabular format by LEA on funding for youth facilities available to young people in the county. For years 2024, 2023, 2022
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a full list of pitches allocated to sports clubs in the County for the 2024/25 period?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline why South Dublin has a different policy to Fingal in not allocating designated off-leash periods in smaller parks without a dog run; and if a statement can be made on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline how many fines were issued since January 2023 in relation to dogs off leash in public parks; and if a statement can be made on the matter?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline how many fines were issued and court prosecutions secured by the Dog Warden service in South Dublin County for dogs not under effective control since January 2024; and if a statement can be made on the matter?
To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report on funding for Traveller Specific Accommodation for 2023 and 2024. Report to include how much has been spent and on what and how much is outstanding.
To ask the Chief Executive if the plans for EV charging points included in the SDCC Climate Action Plan include locations in existing housing estates?
To ask the Chief Executive to describe how the numbers of trees planted on public property across the county has increased in recent years as measures to address the dual climate and biodiversity emergencies?
To ask the Chief Executive if he would support the creation of a publicly owned/leased pop-up shop space as has been done in DLR? ( See : https://www.dlrcoco.ie/business/pop-shop )
To ask the CEO to describe the resources assigned to the Dog Warden section of SDCC.
To ask the Chief Executive if the greening of buildings with a variety of creeping plants has been considered on any public buildings as a measure to address the climate and biodiversity crises but also as an aesthetic measure?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details in relation to the contract South Dublin County Council has with South Dublin Parking Services including the length of contract, tendering process
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details on the number of parking fines issued by private contracted parking services that have contracts with South Dublin County Council and the specific parking breaches for those fines in 2024
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details in relation to the remit of South Dublin Parking Services in relation to their services in South Dublin County Council. Can details be provided in relation to the areas they patrol and where they can issue fines to motorists?
To ask the chief executive if it is possible to provide details on the number of new childcare facilities given planning permission in 2023 and 2024 in the South Dublin County Council Area.
To as the Chief Executive if there are plans for the provision of water and bins in recently installed dog parks/runs?
To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on the plans to collect the outstanding vacant sites levy - €540,750? The report should include how many owners of properties have not paid their levy, and what steps the council is taking to collect the arrears.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on staff in each Council department? Please include number of current staff in each department, vacancies, if any, whether the department outsources work to private companies (what services and what percentage of work is outsourced), whether the department relies on other Council staff (e.g., to cover Park Ranger duties), and any plans for increasing staff numbers to assist with the workload.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on Housing for All quarter 1 2024. Report to include how many social homes and affordable homes were built in the county for the quarter?
To ask the Chief Executive would he consider extra dog wardens to address off lead dogs , dog fouling , barking issues and other dog control issues?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on a study done by the ERSI into Air Pollution and mental health particularly in people over 50?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what grants are available for older citizens in our county for windows and doors etc (report to include all household grants)
To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the efforts SDCC are making to offset the carbon emissions created by data centres in the county given that, according to the Central Statistics Office, data centres were responsible for 21% of all electricity consumed in the state during 2023.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the 2023 to 2025 tree pruning programme as implemented so far. The report should include the budget available and what has been spent to date and how many estates have been completed so far.
To ask the Chief Executive if he has considered if it would be feasible to increase the budget and add to the programme, to allow for additional estates to be added for the remainder of the tree pruning programme in 2024 and 2025, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive for a breakdown of derelict sites in the county, report to include locations of these sites and length of time on derelict sites list.
To ask the Chief Executive how many school traffic wardens are employed by SDCC and where they are located.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on reports of tree vandalism in the past 12 months, if there are plans to replace these trees and are there any steps being considered to prevent this type of vandalism
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report, by location, of footpaths with accessibility issues for people with disabilities and when work is expected to commence to rectify these issues.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline what extra measures are put in by this council, in the lead up to Halloween, to prevent illegal bonfires. What is the process for reporting potential bonfire stashes?
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
A)Disposal of fee simple in 5 Bolbrook Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24
B)Disposal of fee simple in 30 Arthur Griffith Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin
C)Disposal of fee simple in 10 and 10A Michael Collins Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.
MANAGERS REPORT
SPC SCHEME 2024 -2029
AUDIT COMMITTEE - APPROVAL OF NOMINATIONS
AUDITOR REPORT 2023 - FOR NOTING
PARTHALÁN PLACE - IDENTITY AND CONNECTION - FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS - FOR NOTING
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Motions
This Council notes with concern the increasing number of sports pitches deemed unplayable over the course of winter and spring and the negative impact on local sports clubs and participants. In light of this growing issues this Council requests Council management to investigate further means to improve drainage and the possibility of increasing the number of all-weather pitches available in the County.
That this Council, sharing the public outrage at suspended sentences being applied for a succession of extremely violent assaults, calls on the Minister for Justice, the Law Reform Commission and the Judicial Council to ensure that there are meaningful consequences for such behaviour in the future.
That the Chief Executive write to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke calling on him to implement the recommendations of the Low pay Commission and end sub-minimum wage rates for workers under the age of 20.
That this Council agrees that the Housing SPC develop a policy for community based supported living for adults with disabilities.
This council calls on the Chief Executive to increase the number of bottle banks in the county.
That Council agrees to make South Dublin County Council an apartheid-free zone and boycott all Israeli goods.
That the Chief Executive initiate Compulsory Purchase Order proceedings on all sites that are on the Derelict Sites Register (as published 20/06/2024)
This Council calls on the Chief Executive to immediately reverse the policy of removing public bins from this county as a method of reducing illegal dumping of domestic waste and requests that all public bins removed for this reason are replaced as a matter of urgency.
That the Chief Executive to write to the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, calling on him to meet with local representatives regarding the lack of public health nurses in the south Dublin county area.
This Council welcomes and commends the roll out of Communication Boards at playing facilities in SDCC which aim to improve accessibility and inclusive play for children with language difficulties, and calls on the Chief Executive look at the feasibility of their inclusion in other parks, pitches or play facilities where appropriate.
That this Council writes to the Department of Housing asking that, when assessing eligibility for Housing Adaptation Grants, that the income of the whole household, as opposed to the individual seeking assistance, should not always be taken into account, and that there be flexibility to determine each application on a case by case basis to prevent undue hardship
That this Council calls on the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to introduce a community benefit scheme to be paid into by companies and business interests that use extensive state resources but offer a low worker/job ratio comparative to industrial norms.
This Council agrees to develop a method for residents living in estates that have not yet been taken in charge (TIC) to liaise with SDCC on the work needed for an estate to be at the TIC standard.
That South Dublin County Council notes the decision by the Government to recognise the State of Palestine and now calls on the Taoiseach to pass the Occupied Territories Bill which has been supported at all stages by a majority of members of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.