Agenda - June 2025 County Council Meeting

CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL

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 & Training

(c) Filling of Vacancies on Committees/Statutory Bodies

(d) Review of Standing Order in relation to the Chief Executive's Monthly Report

STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING

a) Arts, Culture, Gaeilge, Heritage and Libraries SPC

(i) - Report of Meeting

(ii) - Minutes of Meeting

b) Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC

(i) - Report of Meeting

(ii) - Minutes of Meeting

c) Economic Development, Enterprise and Tourism SPC

(i) - Report of Meeting

(ii) - Minutes of Meeting

d) Housing SPC

(i) - Report of Meeting

(ii) - Minutes of Meeting

e) Social, Community, Equality SPC

(i) - Report of Meeting

(ii) - Minutes of Meeting

f) Land Use, Planning & Transportation SPC

(i) - Report of Meeting

(ii) - Minutes of Meeting

REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING

(No Reports)

To ask the Chief Executive where the proposed areas are for future Cost Rental Apartments broken down by LEA, and expected timeframes.

To ask the Chief Executive how many property owners in South Dublin have offered a 'vacant home' under the 'Offer-A-Home Scheme' for Ukrainian refugees from the date of inception of this scheme to date?

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on all the sports pavilion projects which were Part 8 approved in 2024, including a timeline for expected construction start and finish dates?

To ask the Chief Executive how many direct labour staff are employed by the council to carry out housing maintenance work?

To ask the Chief Executive to provide an overview of the suitability of infrastructure prior to granting planning for new developments without negatively impacting existing residents. Report to include Water and electrical, schools’ provisions, health facilities, and TFI/NTA to ensure suitable public transport options.

To ask the Chief Executive to detail how the efficacy of cycling infrastructure is reviewed; report to include when reviews are completed, what would warrant redesign or changes to existing routes such as if use of infrastructure is considered, if impact on traffic/other road users is taken into account, if rates of accidents is assessed.

To ask the Chief Executive for the average time it takes for vacant council properties to be filled - information to include details for new build units vs re-lets

To ask the Chief Executive if he has considered increasing the numbers of traffic wardens across South Dublin County Council and expand the areas covered by same, in an effort to address the ongoing illegal parking issues across the county.

Following on from the recently launched re-branding of South Dublin County Council, which I think is very refreshing, professional and will help bring the Council to the next level. I would like to ask the Chief Executive how much did the re-branding exercise cost?

To ask the Chief Executive if An Garda Síochana have the authority to order South Dublin County Council to have road markings such as double yellow lines painted or removed?

To ask the Chief Executive if he thinks that a new condition should be introduced to all planning permissions, stating that all existing road signs and bus stops shall be reinstated after construction?

To ask the Chief Executive how many habitats for mining bees he has created under the South Dublin County Council biodiversity action plan?

To ask the Chief Executive if there are any plans for any new fire stations in the Clonburris or Adamstown Strategic Development Zones (SDZ)?

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on NCBH19 Objective 9 from the County Development Plan regarding investigations into potential new additions to the Register of Protected Structures?

To ask the Chief Executive if the feasibility of installing recycle bins in addition to regular bins in South Dublin County Council parks has been assessed?

To ask the Chief Executive what steps have been taken by South Dublin County Council to update the electoral register to ensure it is as accurate as possible?

To ask the Chief Executive what steps can be taken by South Dublin County Council to ensure areas under private ownership or under the control of owner management companies are kept litter and dumping free?

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the total number employed by South County Council (Full-time equivalent) for each year from 2020 to 2025.

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm that observations submitted by County Councillors on open and live planning application are treated no differently from those received from members of the public and carry no additional weight or influence.

To ask the Chief Executive how many people are currently on the housing list waiting for transfers under medical priority and can they make a statement.

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the average time it takes for maintenance requests to be completed for new doors and windows over the last five years?

Can the Chief Executive please give an update on identifying Public Rights of Way in the County? Please include any current maps or lists of areas that the Council has identified.

To ask the Chief Executive if he has considered reducing or stopping the use of pesticides, insecticides, and herbicides in the county from South Dublin County Council? For example, Tidy Town groups use hand or small tool weeding which is a fantastic effort and manage to do a superb job.

To ask the Chief Executive to outline clearly what is South Dublin County Council's role in water services and is there any services that SDCC are in charge off?

To ask the Chief Executive will the Council be allowing any tenants to purchase the council house they are living in?

To ask the Chief Executive will he consider alternatives to kissing gates as they cause issues for people with mobility issues

To ask the Chief Executive for a report regarding the City Edge Project. Report to include: ground contamination risks associated with old paper manufacturing factories, heavy manufacturing industrial sites that used large quantities of chemicals and what measures have been taken so far to identify sites with potential serious ground and soil contamination?

DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS

PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL

(No Reports)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING

(a) Chief Executive's Report

(b) Statistics Report

(c) Finance Report

NOMINATION TO REGIONAL HEALTH FORUM - FOR APPROVAL

ANTI-SOCIAL STRATEGY - FOR APPROVAL

LUCAN HOUSE MASTERPLAN - FOR NOTING

LCDC 2024 ANNUAL REPORT - FOR NOTING

COMMUNITY & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS - FOR NOTING

REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE

Replies

Acknowledgements

Correspondence

(a) Kerry County Council Motion regarding grant applications.

(b) Fingal County Council Motion regarding fox hunting.

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.

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.

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

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.

That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to review how upcoming Active Travel projects are planned and designed to ensure that they are informed by ground up consultation with Councillors and the local community, the aim being to make our active travel schemes emerge from ground up and be as transparent and democratically accountable as possible

This council calls on the Minister for Health to include all individuals living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in Ireland—regardless of age—to access to approved life changing treatments, in line with the principle of equal access to healthcare.