Headed Items
Confirmation and re-affirmation of minutes of meeting 16th April 2025
Housing
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive what the delay has been in appointing an AHB to manage the apartment block at Nangor Mills and thus allocate the Social Housing apartments there?
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Q1 Anti-Social Behaviour report (For noting)
Q1 Housing Delivery report (For noting)
Q1 Allocation report (For noting)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Community
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive for a list of the dates or days of the year when Clondalkin Leisure Centre does not open?
Headed Items
Deputations for Noting (No Business)
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee supports this motion in requesting the manager to commit to supporting and funding the Féile Bríde in Clondalkin so that it can become the flagship celebration of Brigid in our county.
Transportation
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive would he look at the 'stone' from junction of New Nangor Rd & Ninth Lock Rd and remove it or fix it as its totally illegible?
To ask the Chief Executive to approve a temporary assignment of a second traffic warden at Scoil Chrónáin, Rathcoole. This measure is considered necessary to ensure the safety of students during school hours.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline plans for the repair and replacement of footpath along the front perimeter of Sacred Heart School in Greenpark.
To ask the Chief Executive if repairs to footpaths along Church View, Greenpark can be prioritised due to the dangerous nature of damage caused by overgrown tree roots etc.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a school warden at St Mary's National School in Saggart. With increasing traffic in the area, concerns have been raised about the safety of pupils during school times.
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
TAKEN WITHOUT DEBATE
That this Area Committee requests that Public Realm look at the green space with small wall at Cherrywood Villas (pic enclosed) and rebuild the wall as a matter of urgency due to health & safety issues.
TAKEN WITHOUT DEBATE
This Area Committee agrees that the Boherboy Road in Saggart will receive a full resurfacing as part of the 2026 Roads Programme.
This Area Committee agrees that to support Active Travel between the Grange View Estate in Deansrath, Clondalkin and (i) Kishogue Railway Station, (ii) Grange Castle Business Park, (iii) the Grand Canal Greenway, (iv) Kishogue Community College and (v) bus stops of the W4 bus route, that a new accessible pedestrian opening from the Grange View Road to the Outer Ring Road (R136) should be created at the location of the current informal off-road path which begins at the junction of Grange View Road and Grange View Wood.
Planning
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive if there is a way for the general public to read or see the content of Large Residential Development (LRD) Opinions, on whether proposals constitute a reasonable basis for submitting a planning application?
To ask the Chief Executive how NCBH15 Objective 3 from the County Development Plan regarding, the creation of a viewing platform in the vicinity of Woodford Hill, which is the highest point in Clondalkin, can be progressed?
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee urgently requests that the council start work on the Saggart Local Area Plan as agreed in the County Development Plan and that the views of local Saggart groups and Saggart residents be sought as a matter of urgency.
That this area committee ask the South Dublin Planning Department to immediately move ahead with the Unique Planning Study for Brittas in light of the Unique Census Form which has been compiled and completed by local residents. This would include setting a date for a public consultation within the next 3 months.
That this Area Committee while acknowledges the desire of SDCC 'To maintain and enhance the vitality of [Brittas]…' we are concerned that the delays to the promised Unique Planning Study are causing undue stress on families which have lived there for generations; and in some cases people are being forced to relocate due to the current planning policies which are not seen as being supportive of local families and their needs.
Economic Development
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive would he consider a request from Clondalkin Tidy Towns requesting that a sign/plaque/nameplate be placed at the Origami Monk that makes reference to the significance of paper making in Clondalkin and the Clondalkin Paper Mills?
To ask the Chief Executive how many times per week the bins along the Grand Canal Greenway in Clondalkin are emptied?
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee requests SDCC look at the purchase of Corkagh Estate (https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/detached-house-corkagh-mill-house-and-farm-corkagh-mill-house-and-farm-corkagh-d22t667-grange-castle-co-dublin/6102694)
FALLEN
That this Area Committee calls on the Council to purchase the Corkagh Estate and transform it into a public amenity.
This Area Committee agrees that the OPW should supply a mobile staircase that would allow tourist access to the Round Tower on a regular basis, and can be stored nearby.
Libraries & Arts
Headed Items
Application for Arts Grants
Library News & Events
NEW WORKS (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee requests SDCC Libraries look at the digitalisation of the Joe Williams archive and work on this with the Williams family in time for Joe Williams tenth anniversary in 2026.
Corporate Support
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
FALLEN
That this Area Committee agrees to write to the Minister for Children emphasising the failure of the current funding model for childcare facilities, leaving parents in our area either without childcare or struggling to pay.
FALLEN
That this Area Committee agrees to write to the Minister for Education demanding action on the lack of adequate school places for children with additional needs.
That this Area Committee agree to write to the principals of all secondary schools within this LEA asking them to ban scooters from school grounds for the safety of students, teachers and members of the public.
Performance & Change Management
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Water & Drainage
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee agrees that the manager should take action to ensure that noise levels from heavy machinery at Deansrath maintenance yard should be reduced and such works can only be carried out during a normal and acceptable timeframe and that materials such as sand, gravel and other aggregates shall be moved to alternative locations furthest from houses adjacent to the yard.
Public Realm
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive if council can prune the grove of trees at Lindisfarne Grove. These trees are placed between elderly residents accommodation and the height of these trees above the bungalow's is causing great stress for the residents here.
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Town and Village Renewal Scheme
Correspondence
Correspondence(No Business)
Motions
TAKEN WITHOUT DEBATE
That this Area Committee asks that the manager agrees to install toilets, facilities and pavilions at Rathcoole Park.
This Area Committee agrees that the manager should expand the "Sports Pavilion" programme to provide community workspace and meeting room within communities where provision of large community centre may not be appropriate or necessary. These spaces to enable community groups to store equipment and act as a base for the positive works being carried out within these communities.
Environment
Headed Items
New Works (No Business)
Correspondence
Correspondence (No Business)
Motions
That this Area Committee agrees to use all methods at its disposal to address this dumping black spot, with respect to dumping on the Bawnogue Road at Lindisfarne, and as follow up to Motion 6 from the October 2024 LEA, and the 13 reports (attached) of dumping in April 2025 alone.