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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) December Council Minutes - 9th December 2024
(b) Special Council Minutes - 19th December 2024
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 Area Committee
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
a) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Heritage & Libraries SPC
b) Environment, Water, Climate Change & Biodiversity SPC
c) Housing SPC
d) Social, Community, Equality & Integration SPC
e) Land Use, Planning & Transportation SPC
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive, Why has SDCC been signed up to the unelected and unaccountable "Global Covenant of Mayors" since 2012 and what effect has this had on climate driven policy?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide the total number of residential units built across the county since the introduction of the Strategic Housing Development process in 2017, including a detailed breakdown in table format of units delivered within each Local Electoral Area?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide the current number of individuals on the social housing list, including a detailed breakdown of Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) & Rental Accommodational Scheme (RAS) tenants. Additionally, please include the corresponding figures for each year since 2017.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide the current number of individuals on the homeless list for 2024, including the corresponding figures for each year since 2017.
To ask the Director to confirm the timefame to access to Homeless HAP has been extended to 3 months (from previous 6 weeks), as per response to Item ID: 84412 submitted at the October Council meeting, in order to align with typical notice periods granted by the Courts.
To ask the Chief Executive if there are plans to amend the Cost Rental Tenant in Situ (CRTiS) system to facilitate information sharing with the tenant during potential procurement procedures.
To ask the Chief Executive/Department Director if adaptation grants or requests for adaptation works are available to facilitate changes that are recommended to support individuals with cognitive, developmental and/or sensory disabilities, not just physical needs, and if access to these adaptations are applicable to properties occupied by SDCC tenants.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on what can South Dublin County Council do to protect hedgerows throughout South Dublin County Council, report to include enforcement process.
To ask the Chief Executive if he has considered to use the concourse areas of South Dublin County Council offices as a temporary exhibition space for local artists' works?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the process used by SDCC to assign properties to people on the medical priority list
To ask the Chief Executive what the average wait time is for someone to be housed once assigned to the medical priority list
To ask the Chief Executive what the average wait time is for a council tenant with a disability awaiting adaptions to their home
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the average time it takes to approve a grant for adaptions due to disability to a private home
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROAD
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Disposal of fee simple Cornerfield, Kilteel Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
(b) Disposal of fee simple in 3 School Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
(c) Disposal of fee simple in 126 Loreto Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16
(a) Disposal of fee simple Cornerfield, Kilteel Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
(b) Disposal of fee simple in 3 School Road, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin.
(c) Disposal of fee simple in 126 Loreto Avenue, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY GRANTS - FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
(a) Reply received from Minister for Justice Helen McEntee T.D. in response to Motion 2 (Violent Assaults) on the September 2024 Council Meeting Agenda
Acknowledgements
Correspondence
(b) Correspondence received from Wexford County Council in relation to a motion passed Irish Public Bodies Mutual Insurance
(c) Correspondence received from Donegal County Council in relation to a motion passed around Rainwater Harvesting
(d) Correspondence received from Donegal County Council in relation to a motion passed around Town Councils
Motions
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.
This Council calls for increased inspections for cars illegal parked and breaches of road safety in the vicinity of schools in local residential areas at drop off and pick up times throughout the county.
That South Dublin County Council invests in a standalone educational campaign on responsible dog ownership focusing on dog fouling, appropriate signage, the role of the dog wardens, bye-laws on dogs in public open spaces and dogs in the home.
That South Dublin County Council engage with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) regarding no pet policies when allocating housing, pets are an integral part of a family and people should not be faced with the decision to surrender them or refuse a offer.
That this council calls on the Chief Executive to write to the Minister for Children, to remove the portions of the Social, Personal and Health Education curriculum dealing with sex, pornography and gender identity in horrendously explicit and wholly inappropriate terms for 12-15 year old children.
This council agrees that Garda Clearance should be carried out by the council on a council applicant once the applicant is on the housing list 10 years to prevent delays once an applicant is approved for their council home.
To ask the chief executive for a revision of our current Tree Management Policy 'Living with Trees', to include a scheme to address overgrown trees that are unsuitable for residential areas.
That this Council calls on the Manager to review the situation of when an Older Persons social house is void, that refurbishment of the bathroom should ensure accessibility to a walk in shower and comfort height toilet, as standard, for the new tenants needs, as per an Occupational Therapist report.
South Dublin County Council formally backs the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and urges the Irish Government to support the initiative for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. If passed, a letter should be sent to all local Councils and the Minister for the Environment.
This council calls on the new housing Minister to re-evaluate the Cost Rental scheme to make it affordable for the people it is intended to reach.