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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
January Council Minutes - 13th January 2025
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
a) Calendar of Meeting Dates
b) Report on Conferences/Seminars
c) Training and Development Programme for Elected Members 2025
d) Participatory Budget Steering Group Nominations
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on details of inspections on privately rented homes in 2023 and 2024. Report to include the total number of inspections carried out; dwellings inspected not meeting regulatory requirements; improvement letters issued to landlords for improvements to be carried out; improvement notices served on landlords for improvements to be carried out; prohibition notices served on landlords; and prohibition notices served on landlords.
To ask the Chief Executive how many homes South Dublin County Council plans to lease from private owners for use as social homes, and the related cost to leasing these homes in 2025?
To ask the Chief Executive the yearly funding provided to the Council by the Government, and the accompanying number of homes to be retrofitted for 2025?
To ask the Chief Executive how many Form-15 notifications have been received by the Council for each year (including 2024) in relation to short term lets as required by the supplementary new Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended and apply from 1st July 2019?
To ask the Chief Executive what Garda Vetting procedures are in place for all volunteers helping out at community events where children and/or vulnerable adults may be in attendance?
To ask the Chief Executive what is the current percentage of houses presented for the 'Tenant in-situ' scheme being purchased, compared to the percentage of houses being refused?
To ask the Chief Executive what is the current average time from when someone enters homeless accommodation until they are housed alternatively?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details of how many tenant-in-situ acquisitions were not progressed in 2024 due to properties being over- or under-occupied?
To ask the Chief Executive how many households presented as homeless in SDCC in 2024 due to eviction by a private landlords, including how many of those were HAP or Homeless HAP tenancies?
To ask the Chief Executive would it be possible to include and update engaged local groups when works for their areas are scheduled regarding urban tree and hedge management, to ensure best use of resources, and that works undertaken best meet the needs of the community?
To ask the Chief Executive would it be possible to include and update engaged local groups when works regarding footpaths, lighting and roads are scheduled for their areas, to ensure best use of resources, and that works undertaken best meet the needs of the community?
To ask the Chief Executive how he engages with Owner Management Companies who manage common areas that include social housing, to ensure that the fees SDCC pay to the OMC are put to good use?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the criteria in South Dublin County Council for the upgrading/repainting of faded road markings including double yellow lines and yellow boxes?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the total spend by South Dublin County Council on social media advertising in 2024 broken down by social media company.
To ask the Chief Executive if there are any plans to increase or reduce the number of playing pitches in the South Dublin County Council Area?
To ask the Chief Executive what the average response time is to emails received to the info@sdublincoco.ie and on average the number of emails received to this account per month - for 2024 and 2025.
Could the Chief Executive please report on how many people have mortgages with the Council?
To ask the Chief Executive how SDCC are being proactive in identifying areas where trees need to be protected, particularly where trees are on private land but on boundaries to public locations?
To ask the Chief Executive do current planning applications require that the applicant specifically highlights where existing trees are located on a site and what they plan to do to retain these?
To ask the Chief Executive what is the number of sites where SDCC has had to engage from a planning enforcement perspective for felled trees for 2021 - 2024?
To ask the Chief Executive can he issue a report that residents associations and tidy towns could use in regards to litter and dumping- what the bye laws state and the fines involved, and requirements for the public to dispose of their waste?
To ask the Chief Executive can he consider what role SDCC take in Pedestrian safety and at Pedestrian crossings and ask would he consider a safety campaign?
To ask the Chief Executive what role, if any, park rangers have in parking and wheelchair parking in our parks?
To ask the Chief Executive to give the exact number of Dáil electors on the electoral register that was in operation for the General Election on the 29th November 2024 for each of the constituencies of Dublin Mid West and Dublin South West, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROAD
(a) Halwell
(b) Ballyowen Square
(a) Halwell
(b) Ballyowen Square
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 100 Sarsfield Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
(b) Disposal of plot of land adjacent to 51 Castle Park.
(c) Proposed renewal of Lease for part ground floor & 1st floor offices to the Commissioner of Public Works (OPW) - County Hall, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(d) Proposed renewal of Lease for 8 carparking spaces to the Commissioner of Public Works (OPW) in Basement Level -3, Block A, Tallaght Cross East, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 100 Sarsfield Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin.
(b) Proposed disposal of plot of land adjacent to 51 Castle Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24. (LD 1065)
(c) Proposed renewal of Lease for part ground floor & 1st floor offices to the Commissioner of Public Works (OPW) - County Hall, Belgard Square North, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(d) Proposed renewal of Lease for 8 carparking spaces to the Commissioner of Public Works (OPW) in Basement Level -3, Block A, Tallaght Cross East, Tallaght, Dublin 24
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING
CORPORATE PLAN 2024 REVIEW REPORT - FOR APPROVAL
2025 SERVICE DELIVERY PLAN - FOR APPROVAL
CLONDALKIN LIBRARY PART 8 - FOR APPROVAL
SAGGART PRIMARY CARE CENTRE MATERIAL CONTRAVENTION – FOR APPROVAL
CAMAC VALLEY UPGRADE PART 8 - FOR APPROVAL
SECTION 85 WITH DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL ON THE RIVER PODDLE FLOOD ALLEVIATION SCHEME – FOR APPROVAL
PUBLIC REALM AND SURFACE WATER MINOR WORKS PROGRAMMES 2025 – FOR NOTING
ROAD AND FOOTPATH WORKS PROGRAMME 2025 – FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
Acknowledgements
Correspondence
(a) Correspondence received from Clare County Council in relation to a motion passed regarding GAA ticket pricing.
(b) Correspondence received from Clare County Council in relation to a motion passed regarding the Housing Aid for Older People’s Grant.
(c) Correspondence received from Leitrim County Council in relation to a motion passed regarding the forthcoming Presidential Elections.
(d) Correspondence received from Roscommon County Council in relation to a motion passed regarding rural and urban isolation and loneliness.
Motions
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.
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.
This Council calls upon the Minister for Housing to remove the need for a notice to quit to be issued to a tenant before a landlord can enter the Tenant in situ scheme.
This Council calls on the Minister for Justice for a review of the existing management company legislation, under the Multi Unit Development Act in place since 2011, to ensure that it is fit for purpose and that it acts in the best interests of residents.
This Council resolves to adopt a rights-based Ethical Procurement Policy (EPP) that takes fully into account existing obligations and standards. The EPP will incorporate widely accepted and precisely formulated international standards and explain clearly how the policy will be implemented. The primary aim of the EPP is to ensure that human rights obligations are properly acknowledged, observed and respected at all stages of the procurement process.
That this Council agrees to write to the Minister for Health to express the Council's full support for Section 39 organisations and staff, including support for any industrial action workers decide to take, and call on the Minister to restore full pay parity to these workers.
That this Council writes to the Taoiseach and the President of the INMO, endorsing the INMO nurses and Midwives who have voted overwhelmingly to take industrial action in response to unsafe staffing levels
That this committee asks South Dublin County Council to change its policy when awarding building contracts to include investigations into past contract infringements, or actions beyond the scope of the contract, and weigh these up when awarding new contracts.