Agenda - Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Brittas Area Committee Meeting 19th March 2025

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Date:
19/03/2025 15:00
Location:
Council Chamber
Standing Orders:

Headed Items

H-I (1)
Submitted by:
Roisin Ralph
Responsibility:

Confirmation and re-affirmation of minutes of meeting 19th February 2025.

Corporate Support

Headed Items

H-I (2)
Submitted by:
Corporate Support
Responsibility:
Corporate Support

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (1)
Submitted by:
Corporate Support
Responsibility:
Corporate Support

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

That this Area Committee recognises the serious nature of the use of nitrous oxide and urgently request that the new government legislate for this as an illegal substance to use as a drug and to legislate for online supply buying for drug use. The legislation also needs to be supported by an education campaign.

Mot (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

That this Area Committee voices the concern of local Residents in the services provided by Go-Ahead Transport Services Limited, trading as Go-Ahead Ireland. Issues around cancelled services etc that are common on W2 and W6 services We ask Go-Ahead Ireland and the NTA to address the issues around service.

Performance & Change Management

Headed Items

H-I (3)
Submitted by:
Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Performance & Change Management

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (2)
Submitted by:
Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Performance & Change Management

Correspondence (No Business)

Public Realm

Questions

Qu (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Leo Magee, Brendan Redmond

To ask the Chief Executive Where the dog run facility for Rathcoole park is?

Qu (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Laurence Colleran

To ask the Chief Executive if any progress has been made on the creation of green corridors along the waterways of the LEA as mapped out in the Green Infrastructure Strategy in Chapter 4 of the CDP?

Qu (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. de Courcy
Responsibility:
Suzanne Furlong

To ask the Chief Executive is there a timeframe for the completion of the new coffee shop in Corkagh Park?

Qu (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. de Courcy
Responsibility:
Leo Magee, David Fennell

To ask the Chief Executive had there been concerns raised about the health/stability of the tree on Monastery Road which fell during the storm prior to the storm?

Headed Items

H-I (4)
Submitted by:
Public Realm
Responsibility:
Public Realm

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (3)
Submitted by:
Public Realm
Responsibility:
Public Realm

Correspondence(No Business)

Environment

Questions

Qu (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Sharon Conroy

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on his efforts to tackle dumping blackspots on the Bawnogue Road at Lindisfarne and in Deansrath?

Qu (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Sharon Conroy

To ask the Chief Executive can No Dumping Signs with the "Penalty Notices" as set out in South Dublin County Council Litter Policies in the following areas in Brittas, known litter black spots be placed at locations: Slademore Forest Gates, Slade Valley, Forest Gates, Mount Seskin Road, Ballinascorney Road and Lisheen Road N81?

Qu (7)
Submitted by:
Councillor L. de Courcy
Responsibility:
Sharon Conroy

To ask the Chief Executive what measures are being taken to protect the old wall on Monastery Road after it was damaged by the tree during the storm and what repair works are planned?

Headed Items

H-I (5)
Submitted by:
Environment
Responsibility:
Environment

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (4)
Submitted by:
Environment
Responsibility:
Environment

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Sharon Conroy

That this Area Committee agrees that Waste Enforcement officials shall visit business premises on Monastery Road, Clondalkin to establish who is using the taken-in-charge triangular shaped kerb at the gable end of the 'Dalkin Delights' cafe, for bin storage, so as to ensure an aesthetically pleasing use of the kerb.

Mot (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Sharon Conroy

That this Area Committee request the Chief Executive to consider liaising with the Guards to ensure the Guards have the pounds number in all their stations on their systems and look at a quicker way to get cruelty to horses reported and acted on in the Council.

Water & Drainage

Headed Items

H-I (6)
Submitted by:
Water & Drainage
Responsibility:
Water & Drainage

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (5)
Submitted by:
Water & Drainage
Responsibility:
Water & Drainage

Correspondence (No Business)

Housing

Questions

Qu (8)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Amanda Mills, Vivienne Hartnett

To ask the Chief Executive what measures have been undertaken by the landlord of Round Gardens apartment block off Garters Lane in Saggart, to address the systemic damp and mould mentioned in Clondalkin LEA Motion 8 from September 2024 local area meeting?

Headed Items

H-I (7)
Submitted by:
Housing
Responsibility:
Housing

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (6)
Submitted by:
Housing
Responsibility:
Housing

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Vivienne Hartnett

That this Area Committee agrees that SDCC, as the largest residential property owner in the Kilcarberry Housing Development, will insist that the next AGM of the Owners Management Company for Kilcarberry will be held in person (and not online).

Community

Questions

Qu (9)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Edel Clancy

To ask the Chief Executive would he consider further Changing places Facilities in the Clondalkin, Rathcoole, Saggart, Newcastle and Brittas LEA?

Qu (10)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Edel Clancy

To ask the Chief Executive why progress has not been made on the old swimming pool in Clondalkin despite many motions agreed by the Elected members?

Headed Items

H-I (8)
Submitted by:
Community
Responsibility:
Community

Deputations for Noting

H-I (9)
Submitted by:
Community
Responsibility:
Community

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (7)
Submitted by:
Community
Responsibility:
Community

Correspondence (No Business)

Transportation

Questions

Qu (11)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Gary Walsh

 

To ask the Chief Executive would he urgently get road repairs done on potholes and road at rural end of Aylmer Road where several locals cars have been damaged due to the work needing done?

Qu (12)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Gary Walsh

To ask the Chief Executive to publish the correspondence he sent to private property owners requesting them to cut back their hedges which encroach on public footpaths and raised by Members Rep in October 2024 under MOT/2024-NOV/80905, MOT/2024-NOV/80904, MOT/2024-NOV/80906?

Headed Items

H-I (10)
Submitted by:
Transportation
Responsibility:
Transportation

New Works (No Business)

H-I (11)
Submitted by:
Transportation
Responsibility:
Transportation

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (8)
Submitted by:
Transportation
Responsibility:
Transportation

Correspondence (No Business)

Planning

Questions

Qu (13)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Gormla O'Corrain

To ask the Chief Executive for the result of the investigation into whether ADDRESS SUPPLIED is registered as an AirBnB (matter previously submitted as Members Reps. ID: 1855052)?

Qu (14)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Irenie McLoughlin, Colin Clarke

To ask the Chief Executive would he consider notifying all relevant business owners that their premises are inside the designated village heritage area (ACA)? 

Qu (15)
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Irenie McLoughlin, Eoin Burke

To ask the Chief Executive if there are any rules, by laws or guidelines wrt materials used and design of shop facades in the Clondalkin Village Architectural Conservation Area?

Headed Items

H-I (12)
Submitted by:
Planning
Responsibility:
Planning

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (9)
Submitted by:
Planning
Responsibility:
Planning

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Gormla O'Corrain

That this Area Committee requests any update on planning application - SD23A/0047 - "Change of use of part of existing Convent building (protected structure Ref 158) from staff accommodation ... to community geriatric daycare centre." And any other planning for this building and request that Heritage and conservation officers over see any work to this important heritage building.

Economic Development

Headed Items

H-I (13)
Submitted by:
Economic Development
Responsibility:
Economic Development

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (10)
Submitted by:
Economic Development
Responsibility:
Economic Development

Correspondence (No Business)

Libraries & Arts

Questions

Qu (16)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Paul Fusco

To ask the Chief Executive For a list of books about Clondalkin LEA funded or published by SDCC?

Headed Items

H-I (14)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts

Application for Arts Grants (No Business)

H-I (15)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts
H-I (16)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (11)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (7)
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Paul Fusco

That this Area Committee asks SDCC Libraries to liaise with Friends of Corkagh park to look at a display of photographs taken by locals in our park. These photographs could be displayed in new Corkagh park café.