Agenda - November 2025 County Council Meeting
Back to MeetingsHeaded Items
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
(NO BUSINESS)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(NO BUSINESS)
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
(NO BUSINESS)
Questions
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on how many tenants are on the waiting list for the windows and doors programme. Report to include the average time spent on the list?
To ask the Chief Executive if there are any outstanding development contribution fees from 2020-2025?
To ask the Chief Executive if any unpaid development contribution fees have been written off by the council since 2020?
To ask the Chief Executive if the Biodiversity Action Plan 2020-2026 is subject to oversight of Government Departments, national policy, any relevant legislation for implementation or accountability?
To ask the Chief Executive if the Living with Trees policy is subject to oversight of Government Departments, national policy, any relevant legislation for implementation or accountability, and how SDCC seeks to protect natural woodlands?
To ask the Chief Executive is there a requirement for rental properties where the Household Assistance Payment (HAP) contributes a portion of the rent, to be registered with the RTB?
To ask the Chief Executive if the Council builds extensions on to existing Social Housing, to meet the needs of a growing family?
To ask the Chief Executive, if candidates submissions from the public consultation for the Record of Protected Structures will be assessed, as agreed under the 2022 - 2028 County Development Plan, before the commencement of the process for the 2029 - 2039 County Development Plan?
To ask the Chief Executive if consideration will be given to undertaking an economic impact evaluation arising from the roll out of the Power Up Grant - it is noted that 1,208 SMEs in SDCC received grants totalling €4,832,000 in 2025.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the collection of derelict site levies in 2025? Please include how much is outstanding and what steps the council is taking to collect.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on how many derelict properties, both residential and commercial, have been compulsorily purchased over the last ten years?
To ask the Chief Executive to explain the process by which a property is added to the derelict sites registry - Can you please include the average time it takes from when a property is identified to when it is added to the registry?
To ask the Chief Executive would SDCC investigate the buying of an outdoor cinema screen and set up a system where local groups can request it for movie nights in their area instead of giving grants to pay private companies to rent a tv screen for movie nights?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the council fleet including age of vehicles.
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into Have Your Say funding that went unspent on various projects by LEA over the length of the Fund and where that money went?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on dumping by LEA and how CCTV is and will be used in each LEA?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report regarding any plans to increase staffing in Public Realm given the huge amount of housing in SDCC?
To ask the Chief Executive how many offers of housing have been revoked due to applicants being over the income limit after assessment?
Headed Items
DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES - FOR APPROVAL
(a) Proposed Disposal to ESB - Sarsfield Park, Lucan
(b) Proposed Disposal to ESB - Substation Site at Grange Castle West Business Park, Dublin
(c) Proposed Disposal of fee simple in 113 Sarsfield Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin
(d) Proposed Disposal of fee simple in 27 Balrothery Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24
(e) Proposed Disposal of Laneway to 1B Tymonville Court, Tallaght, Dublin 24
CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING
(a) Chief Executive's Report
(b) Statistics Report
(c) Finance Report
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDITORS REPORT – FOR NOTING
COMMUNITY & SPORTS DEVELOPMENT GRANTS - FOR NOTING
Correspondence
REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
Replies
(a) Reply received from Irish Business Against Litter in relation to Motion M1/1025
Acknowledgements
Correspondence
(b) Correspondence received from Sligo County Council
(c) Correspondence received from Monaghan County Council
(d) Correspondence received from Kerry County Council
(e) Correspondence received from Kildare County Council
(f) Correspondence received from Limerick City and County Council
(g) Correspondence received from Limerick City and County Council 2
(h) Correspondence received from Meath County Council County Development Plan
Motions
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.
That this Council requests SDCC to initiate the process for a tree preservation order (TPO) for : A heritage burgage hedgerow above 120m altitude along Green Lane / Stoney Hill Road in Rathcoole, as agreed by Motion 6 at the April 2025 Clondalkin Local Area Committee meeting.
That this Council agrees that planning enforcement should begin to proactively issue warning letters to properties registered on short-term letting sites 'Airbnb' and 'Booking.ie' that have not applied for the appropriate change of use permission or submitted the appropriate notification to the planning department
That this council agree large scale planning infringements relating to illegal development or occupation of land/buildings be prioritised and acted on in a timely manner, with enforcement proceedings against the owner/developer expedited and taking priority.
That this Council writes to the Minister for Transport to request that an independent feasibility study into continuing MetroLink from the city to Southwest Dublin be commissioned as soon as possible pursuant to the commitment given in the Programme for Government