CONFIRMATION AND REAFFIRMATION OF MINUTES - FOR APPROVAL

FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.19 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001 FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCILLOR D. ADELAIDE - FOR APPROVAL

REPORTS OF AREA COMMITTEES

(NO REPORTS) 

STANDING COMMITTEES ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE & FINANCE - FOR APPROVAL

(a) Calendar of Meeting Dates

(b) Report on Conferences & Training

(c) Annual Report of the Audit Committee

(d) Audit Committee Charter

(e) Audit Committee Annual Work Programme

STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING

(a) Report from LUPT SPC February 2026

(b)(i) Minutes of Environment, Public Realm and Climate

(b)(ii) Report of Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change SPC meeting 30th March 2026

REPORT FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP - FOR NOTING

REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING

(NO REPORTS) 

To ask the Chief Executive to set out the guidelines governing minimum distances between streetlights within an estate in relation to both the older sox type lighting and the new LED lighting.

To ask the Chief Executive to set out the measures in place to ensure that public areas are well covered by public lighting.

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on yearly rent/revenue received from the large mobile/broadband steel Macropole towers/poles on Council land?

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the progress of implementing Motion 8, December 2025 (89090) which reads "That this Council agrees publicly funded and/or supported community centres within South Dublin allow elected representatives to hold public meetings when they wish to do so, subject to availability."

To ask the Chief Executive to provide up to date figures for the number of people on the Council's housing waiting list.

To ask the Chief Executive to provide up to date figures for the number of people in South Dublin County receiving the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Homeless HAP.

To ask the Chief Executive to provide up to date figures for the number of people in South Dublin County receiving Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) housing support.

To ask the Chief Executive to supply a full update on all capital projects county‑wide; to include expected completion dates, original and revised delivery timelines, and an outline of any budgetary or operational issues affecting progress.

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the process whereby appropriate structures can be added or removed to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS), in light of previously mentioned plans to review the existing RPS during 2026?

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the number of households that presented to homeless services following a Notice of Termination in January and February 2026?

To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report on the total cost of the council re-branding?

To ask the Chief Executive whether SDCC will follow the lead of other neighbouring councils and liaise with ESB Networks to assess the feasibility of installing defibrillators at/on street lighting.

To ask the Chief Executive if social housing tenants can participate in the rent-a-room-relief scheme, whereby they can earn rent, tax free for letting out a spare room?

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on any plans he has to construct Grade Separated Junctions on roads in his control across the county for example at the junction of Chapelizod By Pass and Kennelsforth Road or junction of Main St., Rathcoole and Tay Lane.

To ask the Chief Executive if there are any SDCC by-laws preventing cars being routinely parked on private front garden lawns of houses by tenants or owner occupiers?

To ask the Chief Executive what the background is to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's (DHLGH) guidance, that in the case of build-to-rent apartment blocks SDCC secures Part V delivery through the acquisition of units rather than on-site provision?

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the process for residents of an estate to choose by plebiscite to change the name of their estate, or to only have the Irish language version of their estate name used?

To ask the Chief Executive to advise what the average current waiting time is for the fixing or replacement of public lighting across South Dublin County.

To ask the Chief Executive to outline what measures South Dublin County Council take to manage and monitor the drainage network to identify blockages or a build of materials so that the risk of flooding is lowered?

To ask the Chief Executive to provide an update on any recent dialogue or interactions with utility companies in relation to the removal of graffiti from their property.

To ask the Chief Executive to outline any plans to engage further with the Dublin Canvass project with a view to getting areas across South Dublin involved in public art?

To ask the Chief Executive if he would consider updating the housing maintenance platform, allowing tenants to upload photos, showing the urgency of work needed in the initial assessment?

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the average time from submitting a housing maintenance request to it being assessed, and from assessment to completion of the works?

To ask the Chief Executive how much of council rent collected was used for the retrofitting programme in addition to central government funding over the last five years?

To ask the Chief Executive for an update report of all Local Authority sites or buildings that are derelict and ask if plans are being put in place to bring them into active use?

To ask the Chief Executive for an update report of Local Authority sites or buildings that are derelict and to check if these council assets are on the derelict site register?

To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report setting out the number of people wishing to sell their home in order to right size and the funding available for the scheme?

To ask the Chief Executive what budget SDCC has for 2026 to purchase homes under the the Tenant-in-Situ scheme and the estimated number of homes to be purchased?

To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into how much SDCC has applied for under the The Towns and Cities Regeneration Investment Fund and for what disadvantaged areas?

To ask the Chief Executive to provide details on how many people are currently waiting on adaptions to their council home due to a disability, and what time frame they have been waiting for this work to be carried out.

DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS - FOR APPROVAL

Taking in Charge of An Tearmann Road, Waterstown Avenue, Palmerstown.

PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES

NO BUSINESS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT - FOR NOTING

(a) Chief Executive's Report

(b) Statistics Report

(c) Finance Report

CAPITAL PROGRAMME UPDATE - FOR NOTING

(a) Capital Programme Update

(b) Housing Delivery Report Q1

BUTLER MCGEE PARK UPGRADE PART 8 - FOR APPROVAL

DRAFT LITTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2026 - 2029 - FOR APPROVAL

PROPOSED EXTINGUISHMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN BELGARD SQUARE SOUTH AND N81, TALLAGHT - FOR APPROVAL

ANNUAL REPORT 2025 - FOR APPROVAL

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT

COMMUNITY GRANTS - FOR NOTING

REPLIES, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE

Replies

(a) Reply to Motion 8 February 2026 from Minister of Transport 

Acknowledgements

(b) Acknowledgement from Minister of Defence 

Correspondence

(c) Correspondence received from Wexford County Council
(d) Correspondence received from Westmeath County Council
(e) Correspondence received from Sligo County Council
(f) Correspondence received from Leitrim County Council
(g) Correspondence received from Leitrim County Council
(h) Correspondence received from Clare County Council
(i) Correspondence received from Longford County Council 

That this Council asks SDCC management to support community groups and residents' associations with the installation of defibrillators where possible by connecting to SDCC public lighting columns, starting on a trial basis in 2026 and for a report thereafter to be prepared as Council policy.

That this Council agrees, where a change of use to homeless accommodation is sought by an owner or developer of a property, that the provision of care/supervision in such accommodation be mandatory.

That this Council requests the Chief Executive examine traffic management at schools in the area and report on whether a new role dedicated to traffic management and direction may be trialled, or what alternative options may be considered, including the potential reassignment of traffic wardens to these areas during peak school times.

That this Council asks SDCC management to facilitate connecting community defibrillator cabinets to a public street lighting supply where requested by a community, and liaises with ESB networks as appropriate in this regard.

That this council calls on Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, and that a letter be written, to confirm that the government's National Digital Wallet, presently being developed, will be voluntary and that access to public or private services in Ireland will not be restricted if a citizen chooses not to comply with a digital wallet or digital verification system.

That this council request the minister investigate the 900+ missing children and girls in Bessborough mother & baby institution and request a hold off on any development of the site until an investigation is completed and we commit to write to the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, An Taoiseach and all other Local Authorities.