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CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL
April 2025 Council Minutes - 14th April 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
(No Reports)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(No Reports)
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details of average wait times for Garda checks on successful housing applicants in 2024 and 2025, including the number of applications.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on planned or proposed use of AI technology by the council; including what work is proposed to be done by AI models, what stage of implementation the plan is at, and which department within the council the work relates to.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on data centres within the council area with a Planning Register Reference for each centre. This report should include; centres that are operational, that are under construction; and those within the planning process including those being appealed to An Bord Pleanála
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the use of short-term lets within the county. Report to include the methods used to investigate if short-term lets have obtained the appropriate planning permission/exemptions; how many properties the council has investigated and processed for not adhering to short-term letting regulations
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on payments made by the council in 2022, 2023, and 2024 as a consequence of legal judgements and settlements with South Dublin County Council tenants, due to damage done to their health or property by mould and damp.
To ask the Chief Executive why has South Dublin County Council changed the parameters for the "tenant in situ" scheme, in that the tenant now has to be removed before the sale goes through, thus invalidating the purpose of the scheme in the first place?
To ask the Chief Executive how many notifications and/or fines were issued by the litter warden to fast food outlets in the county, in the previous 3 years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, for failing to maintain the required area outside their premises of litter. This response to detail the breakdown by LEA in tabular form.
To ask the Chief Executive for the approximate/average cost of tree saplings being planted in the county, and to detail in tabular form, the estimated cost of vandalised trees, resulting in replanting for the previous 3 years, and by LEA.
To ask the Chief Executive how many IPAS applicants, per year over the last 5 years, have been accommodated in the south Dublin county area.
To ask the Chief Executive what was the year ending total over the last 5 years for people in homeless accommodation in the south Dublin.
To ask the Chief Executive that when approving the construction of industrial or commercial estates, does the Council ensure that the buildings are equipped to support three-phase electrical equipment by ensuring the ESB lays the appropriate ground works?
To ask the Chief Executive what percentage of industrial and commercial estates within South Dublin County Council have three-phase electrical groundworks installed to support business operations?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on his mapping of the locations of discarded Nitrous Oxide Canisters and bullets his staff have come across on public land?
To ask the Chief Executive if new and revised housing targets, and delivery of additional housing have been received from the Department of Housing and Local Government?
To ask the Chief Executive to advise if South Dublin County Council will be supporting or making an application under the national 2025 Town and Village Renewal Scheme which is specifically aimed at tackling vacancy and dereliction, supporting pre-development project costs for future applications, and acquiring vacant or derelict buildings, or lands for regeneration (up to €500,000 per local authority)?
To ask the Chief Executive if details could be provided on the number of applications for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant in South Dublin County Council in 2024.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the process for introducing and approving disc parking into a residential estate.
To ask the Chief Executive what is the maximum number of housing units that could be built on existing lands in South County Dublin that is currently zoned for residential development?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on the Community Insurance initiative launched by Minister Richmond, which allows Local Authorities to obtain insurance for Tidy Towns through a partnership between Irish Public Bodies (IPB) Insurance and local authorities.?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on how South Dublin County Council will address the storage needs of Tidy Towns groups throughout each LEA to ensure voluntary Tidy Towns groups can continue to enhance our areas?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on how South Dublin County Council will address communication with local Tidy Towns groups and ask would the Executive have regular communications meetings with Tidy Towns groups to address issues as they arise?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into Tidy Towns groups funding as agreed by councillors in the annual Budget by each Tidy Town group and LEA, and that the report address any underspends in budget and how this will be addressed? (2019-2025 period)
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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 9 Rathlawns, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 9 Rathlawns, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING
(a) Chief Executive's Report
(b) Statistics Report
(c) Finance Report
HOUSING DELIVERY - FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS - FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
(a) Reply from Minister of Justice in relation to Motion 3 March 2025 Council Meeting
Acknowledgements
Correspondence
(b)(i) Correspondence from Minister Norma Foley
(b)(ii) Report On Negotiations With Religious Organisations Associated With The Mother And Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Part I
(c) Sligo County Council Motion regarding the Right to Housing
Motions
That this Council agrees that South Dublin County Council shall develop a policy for dealing with intrusive behaviour of foxes and other wildlife.
This Council agrees to implement a system of allocating units from the current housing stock to victims of domestic violence leaving short term refuges, ensuring they do not end up in emergency accommodation.
This Council agrees to create a programme for the installation of small playgrounds in housing estates that want them.
This Council agrees that those in rented accommodation can apply for Homeless Housing Assistance Payment immediately after a valid notice to quit is issued.
This Council agrees to have accessible, user-friendly exercise machines, not just calisthenics, in all our county parks, to ensure inclusive and diverse ways of exercise for all people within our county.
That this council calls on the Chief Executive to accelerate the delivery of EV charging infrastructure for all new apartment developments across the county where residents have no access to direct frontage.
That this Council agrees to promote and assist the HSE's advertisement campaigns around sexuality transmitted infections specifically promoting free home STI testing kits to help divert the weight off clinics and hospitals. "You, Me and HIV" and "Just Carry One" are examples of their on going efforts and initiatives
This Council calls on the Minister for Health to immediately establish a reimbursement system for all Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) costs incurred since January 2025. The Government must honour its commitment and ensure women receive the financial relief they were promised in the Budget 2024.
That this Council writes to the Minister for Housing seeking to come up with a solution or grant to allow people to install a solid fuel stove, upgrade their fireplace to avail of a back boiler stove, or even an open fire.
That South Dublin County Council, in association with the Department of Housing and Local Government and Planning, put in place a system of covering insurance for Tidy Towns, Men's Sheds & community groups through our public bodies insurer IPB.
This Council calls on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Irish Government to plan and prepare for Irish unity by establishing an all-island Citizens' Assembly and a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Irish Unity, with a view to producing a plan toward unity and working to secure a date for the referendums provided for in the Good Friday Agreement.
This Council agrees to undertake a review of the preparedness of current South Dublin County Council plans and policies to potential market disruptions to businesses in the county. The review should identify existing support mechanisms available to businesses and determine any additional resources that may be required by SDCC to assist businesses during future periods of economic instability.
That the elected members of this council call on the Chief Executive to recognise all trade unions that staff choose to join, including in instances where staff have left one union and joined another while in the same job.
This Council calls on the Department of Housing to reverse any reductions in funding or targets for the Tenant-in-Situ scheme, as well as the introduction of restrictions that will force more people into homelessness.
That this Council acknowledges the cultural, economic, and social benefits of large-scale street art initiatives, as demonstrated by the success of Waterford Walls & Hit the North Street art festivals and proposes the development of a similar project in South Dublin.
This Council seeks memorandums of understanding with external bodies such as the ESB and NTA, to ensure that graffiti is removed by a certain timeframe, and those bodies take the issue of graffiti removal seriously and commit to providing resources to address graffiti.
That this Council calls on the Manager to ensure that future or planned Active Travel Schemes, not yet at the Consultation stage, be it Part 8 or Section 38, involve discussions with the Council's Community Department officers, to better connect with Residents Associations or established groups, in areas of proposed works.
That the Chief Executive extends the windows and doors scheme to tenants who have, at their own cost, replaced their windows and doors during the period of their tenancy.
That this council stops the use of glyphosate by council workers and contractors
That this Council facilitates regular meetings between Tidy Towns groups, to share ideas and suggestions that will help groups in the Tidy Towns competition.
In the wake of Hungary's constitutional amendment denying the rights to expression, assembly and non-discrimination to LGBTQ+ citizens and associated draconian surveillance measures, that this Council calls on Ireland's MEPs to push for sanctions and infringement proceedings by the EU Commission against Hungary.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to urgently review the planning and legislative framework used for the development of International Protection Accommodation (IPA) centres, particularly those established under emergency planning exemptions in accordance with S.I. No 376/2023 - Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 in exercise of powers conferred by Sections 4(2) and 262 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, to ensure that, going forward, the siting of IPA centres involves transparent engagement with local authorities, democratic input from elected councillors, and meaningful public consultation.