Agenda - April 2025 Rathfarnham / Templeogue / Firhouse / Bohernabreena Area Committee Meeting

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Date:
08/04/2025 15:00
Location:
Council Chamber

Headed Items

H-I (1)
Submitted by:
RTFB Meeting Administration
Responsibility:
RTFB Meeting Administration

Confirmation and re-affirmation of Minutes of Meeting of Tuesday 11th March

Environment

Headed Items

H-I (2)
Submitted by:
Environment
Responsibility:
Environment

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (1)
Submitted by:
Environment
Responsibility:
Environment

Correspondence (No Business)

Water & Drainage

Headed Items

H-I (3)
Submitted by:
Water & Drainage
Responsibility:
Water & Drainage

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (2)
Submitted by:
Water & Drainage
Responsibility:
Water & Drainage

Correspondence (No Business)

Public Realm

Questions

Qu (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

To ask the manager to provide a brief overview of the Council's responsibilities for maintaining green spaces in residential estates.

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)

Motions

Mot (1)
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

Cathaoirleachs Business

That this committee calls on the manager to install dog park equipment in the dog run in Tymon Park. The dog run in Tymon is a huge addition to the area and gets a lot of use however, feedback from dog owners suggests that the addition of play equipment would be a huge benefit to the overall health and wellbeing of their pets.

Mot (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Suzanne Furlong

This Committee supports the reintroduction of information QR Codes in Dodder Valley Park. Previously there were 10 posts in Dodder Valley Park with QR codes. Scanning the QR Codes brought visitors to a website where you could learn about Flora and Fauna and local points of historical interest.

Mot (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor Y. Collins
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

That this Council carries out regular grass cutting at the green areas Willbrook Estate in Rathfarnham and will include the area for maintenance on a regular basis.

Mot (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor D. McManus
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

To ask the Chief Executive to inspect and clear back low hanging branches from Grange Road entering Park Avenue estate as low branches impede pedestrians and if a statement is available on the timeline?

Mot (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
Brendan Redmond

That this committee calls on the manager to install a big belly bin to replace the current regular bin beside the Astro pitch in Tymon Park.

Mot (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

To ask the manager to provide another layer of the appropriate material onto the Boules court in Tymon Park. The has court is a huge success and is used extensively by local groups. however, this means a lot of wear and tear that leaves the surface a bit thin.

Community

Headed Items

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

Deputations for Noting (No Business)

H-I (6)
Submitted by:
Community
Responsibility:
Edel Clancy

Community Grants - RTFB 2024 Review

Correspondence

Cor (4)
Submitted by:
Community
Responsibility:
Community

Correspondence (No Business)

Housing

Headed Items

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

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (5)
Submitted by:
Housing
Responsibility:
Housing

Correspondence (No Business)

Planning

Questions

Qu (2)
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
Gormla O'Corrain

That this committee calls on the manager to pursue the developer of the planning application SD19A/0371 (permission issued 27th Nov 2019) to install the pedestrian crossing that was part of the grant of permission on this site.

Qu (3)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Mary Maguire

To ask the manager how many planning enforcement orders are currently in train across the Rathfarnham / Templeogue / Firhouse / Bohernabreena area?

Headed Items

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

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (6)
Submitted by:
Planning
Responsibility:
Planning

Correspondence (No Business)

Transportation

Questions

Qu (4)
Submitted by:
Councillor S. Barnes
Responsibility:
Michael McAdam

To ask the Chief Executive if the following issues have been considered, regarding the construction work on Killininny. Many residents have raised concerns with me regarding construction of the cycle lane which will leave barely enough room for two vehicles to meet. Driving from Old Bawn towards the M50 now requires motorists to drive on dangerous drainage shores every few yards. With the cycle lane the road is now so narrow that the passing traffic must stop and wait until traffic turning right into Oldcourt Avenue gets a break in oncoming traffic. This could take 5 or more minutes at busy times and will cause a massively disruptive build-up of traffic right the way back to Old Bawn Road and beyond. Another issue is that Emergency vehicles might not being able to get past traffic in an emergency due to the narrowness of the road.

Qu (5)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Gary Walsh

To ask the manager to outline who is responsible for the cleaning of street signage across the Ward and if there is a process which determines when signage is cleaned.

Headed Items

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

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

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

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (7)
Submitted by:
Transportation
Responsibility:
Transportation

Correspondence (No Business)

Motions

Mot (7)
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Cosgrave
Responsibility:
Gary Walsh

That this Council provide fencing and hedge along the green area of the new play area at Rosemount, Marian Road /Ballyroan Road and Anne Devlin Park . Residents are fearful that children playing there might be in danger of the traffic on these roads. Fencing like that at proposed seating area outside the Super Value shop would be good.

 

Mot (8)
Submitted by:
Councillor Y. Collins
Responsibility:
Gary Walsh

That this Council conducts a Road Safety audit with respect to the new play area between Anne Devlin Park and Ballyroan Road, that it monitors the area for Anti-Social behaviour going forward and it continues to liaise with the nearby homeowners to address their concerns

Mot (9)
Submitted by:
Councillor Y. Collins
Responsibility:
John Hegarty

That this Council increases the volume of the audible signal on all parts of the pedestrian crossing from the Yellow House to the Church of the Annunciation, Rathfarnham and the crossing to Rathfarnham Castle Park. As things stand, the low volume of the audible signal on all parts of this crossing makes it virtually impossible for someone who is blind or severely vision impaired to use this crossing independently as they cannot "identify the walk signal" if there is even slight ambient noise, and the low volume of the audible signals on the other side make it impossible to maintain alignment while crossing.

Libraries & Arts

Questions

Qu (6)
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Paul Fusco

To ask the chief executive to provide an update on an earlier agreed motion for the installation of a public water fountain adjacent to Ballyroan Library.

Headed Items

H-I (11)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts

Application for Arts Grants (No Business)

H-I (12)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Laura Joyce
H-I (13)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Meabh Butler

Arts Office Report -

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

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (8)
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts

Correspondence (No Business)

Economic Development

Headed Items

H-I (15)
Submitted by:
Economic Development
Responsibility:
Economic Development

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (9)
Submitted by:
Economic Development
Responsibility:
Economic Development

Correspondence (No Business)

Performance & Change Management

Headed Items

H-I (16)
Submitted by:
Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Performance & Change Management

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (10)
Submitted by:
Performance & Change Management
Responsibility:
Performance & Change Management

Correspondence (No Business)

Corporate Support

Headed Items

H-I (17)
Submitted by:
Corporate Support
Responsibility:
Corporate Support

New Works (No Business)

Correspondence

Cor (11)
Submitted by:
Corporate Support
Responsibility:
Corporate Support

Correspondence (No Business)