Agenda - October 2025 County Council Meeting
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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
(NO BUSINESS)
b) Clondalkin Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(NO BUSINESS)
c) Tallaght Area Committee
Dealing with Public Realm, Water & Drainage, Housing, Community, Planning, Economic Development, Libraries & Arts, Corporate Support, Performance & Change Management
(NO BUSINESS)
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
(NO BUSINESS)
STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Calendar of Meeting Dates
(b) Approval Of International Travel For Elected Members
(c) Report on Conferences & Training
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 BUSINESS)
Questions
To ask for details of the Council's local climate adaptation strategies, how it is investing in green infrastructure, and details of the supports available for community led resilience initiatives
To ask the Council to set out the steps it takes where it has been notified of a clear and ongoing breach or breaches of planning permission and the timescale involved in this process
To ask the Chief Executive how the Council proposes to build in digital offerings, support digital transitions, and design effective online services to maximise public engagement with Council initiatives, projects and resources
To ask the Chief Executive to make a statement on what additional resources, supports, and inter-agency collaboration may be required for SDCC to effectively meet the Government's revised annual housing delivery target of 3,217 new dwellings per year, up to 2034.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the dates for the remaining phases of Bus Connects, and summary of changes expected in each remaining phase.
To ask the Chief Executive if there is a time period for an applicants Garda clearance and if so how long is does the applicants Garda clearance have to be in days/months/years
To ask the Chief Executive if he prioritises SDCC social housing dwellings with the lowest Building Energy Ratings (e.g. E, F, G) when determining which ones to apply energy efficiency retrofits to?
To ask the Chief Executive if any by laws exist that would allow Park Rangers to address speeding e-scooters and scramblers in public parks?
To ask the Chief Executive to describe the work that has been carried out in 2025 to implement the Cycle South Dublin programme?
To ask the Chief Executive if AHB's are adequately staffed and adequately experienced to manage SDCC owned Social Housing apartments?
To ask the Chief Executive to describe in tabular form the numbers of SDCC social housing dwellings constructed in each decade with seperate colums for apartments and houses.
To ask the Chief Executive to advise what recourse the Council has when footpaths and other parts of the public realm are damaged by private construction work, can the costs for repairs be levied on private companies?
To ask the Chief Executive if the South Dublin County Council holds a database of residents associations and groups and whether consideration has ever been given to arranging events to bring together groups to interact, network and share ideas?
To ask the Chief Executive in the absence of Community Safety Partnerships what mechanisms are currently in place to provide a forum for the Gardai / Local Authority and the Community to interact?
To ask the Chief Executive how many small and medium enterprises in South Dublin availed of the €4,000 Power Up Grant in 2025?
To ask the Chief Executive if any progress has been made in relation to the provision of a Food Production Hub to support food businesses and the growth of a food cluster in South Dublin?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the various activities held across the county for culture night, and ask are there plans for the future for SDCC to play a bigger part in Culture night?
To ask the Chief Executive, ahead of the presidential elections, what is being done to promote and encourage registration to vote across south county Dublin?
To ask the Chief Executive, ahead of the winter season what measure are being put in place for preparing the roads and infrastructure during the winter months?
To ask the Chief Executive to explain why is the homeless section of SDCC telling people that are homeless or at risk of homelessness that in order to get homeless supports/homeless assessments they must be on the social housing list or have an application pending - this criteria is not stated in legislation.
To ask the Chief Executive would he issue a report on what events are allowed in our parks and that the reply address how the issues of portaloos and supervision of large events are handled?
To ask the Chief Executive would he issue a report on how SDCC can address the need for play spaces in older estates for estates that want them?
To ask the Chief Executive would he consider raising the Council grant available to residents groups who undertake vital work on their estates and area and also outline grants available?
To ask the Chief Executive would he consider how SDCC can address the storage requirements for groups that undertake clean ups and community events in their area so they can continue this vital community work?
Headed Items
DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
(NO BUSINESS)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Disposal of fee simple in 57 Oakwood Grove, Clondalkin, Dublin, 22
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING
(a) Chief Executive's Report
(b) Statistics Report
(c) Finance Report
CAPITAL PROGRAMME UPDATE - FOR NOTING
VACANCY ON THE ASSOCIATION OF IRISH LOCAL GOVERNMENT (AILG) - FOR APPROVAL
PART 8 – STOCKING LANE (HOUSING DELIVERY) – FOR APPROVAL
OVERDRAFT ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENT 2026 – FOR APPROVAL
TAKING IN CHARGE OF TEMPLE WOODS, TALLAGHT - FOR APPROVAL
TAKING IN CHARGE OF ST FINIANS ROAD, NEWCASTLE - FOR APPROVAL
DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTION SCHEME 2026 – FOR APPROVAL
NATIONAL PLANNING FRAMEWORK (NPF) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT – FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS - FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
(No Business)
Acknowledgements
(No Business)
Correspondence
(a) Correspondence received from Carlow County Council
(b) Correspondence received from Minister Norma Foley
(c) Correspondence received from Roscommon County Council
Motions
That this Council calls the Irish Business Against Litter League and their agent, An Taisce, to refrain from including small Social Housing areas in their Annual Report, when considering the overall Littering report on the general area and should only consider Commercial and open Public Realm areas in their report.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Housing to allow local authorities the same discretion to agree to increase HAP and Homeless HAP payments for tenants to stay in their existing (pre-2022) accommodation, rather than face eviction from their rental property.
That this Council writes to the Minister of Health and asks that weight loss injections are considered and regulated and added to the drugs payment and medical card scheme when prescribed by a doctor to help fight obesity, and help in the fight against unregulated online weight loss injection purchases.
This Council calls on the Chief Executive to increase the number of playing pitches to be delivered, to address increased population, existing demand, and the unmet demand where clubs are restricting growth due to insufficient training space, particularly in the SDZs.
That this Council accelerates the rollout of the public lighting upgrade to more energy efficient LEDs to ensure that there is proper public lighting throughout the Council area during the winter months, particularly given the difficulty in sourcing and replacing the older type SOX lighting, as necessary, in areas where the rollout is still pending.
This Council agrees that SDCC should review the system of funding of grant allocation and that start up grants and regular running costs should be financed up front for registered groups and that these Community groups should provide end of year accounting for the funding.
This Council agrees that new build Multi Family Dwellings (apartment blocks) in the Strategic Development Zones of SDCC will be fitted with wet heating systems i.e. hot water based, to allow allow for their future connection to district heating networks.