Headed Items
CONFIRMATION AND RE-AFFIRMATION OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of Meeting of South Dublin County Council, 13th October 2008
(circulated herewith)
Material Contravention at Rathcoole House, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin: SD08A/0163
(circulated herewith)
REPORT OF AREA COMMITTEES
a) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (1) -7th October 2008
- Dealing with Roads, Planning, Development and Corporate Services
(no report)
b) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (2) - 14th October 2008
- Dealing with Community (1 Report - Application for Grants), Parks, Environment and Housing
(circulated herewith)
c) Tallaght Area Committee (1) - 20th October 2008
- Dealing with Community(1 report- Application for Grants), Parks, Environment and Housing
(circulated herewith)
d) Tallaght Area Committee (2) - 28th October 2008
- Dealing with Roads,Planning, Development (1 report - Proposed Development at Saggart Arms, Co. Dublin - Hannah Homes Ltd - Planning Reg Ref SD06A/0636) and Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
e) Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee (1) - 15th October 2008
- Dealing with Planning, Roads, Development & Corporate Services
(no report)
f) Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee (2) - 29th October 2008
- Dealing with Community (1 report - Application for Grants), Parks, Environment and Housing
(circulated herewith)
g) Terenure/Rathfarnham Area Committee (1) - 4th November 2008
- Dealing with Roads (1 Report - Naming of Roundabouts), Planning, Development & Corporate Services
(circulated herewith)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
(a) Transportation Strategic Policy Committee
(i) Report of Meeting, 6th November 2008.
(ii) Minutes of Meeting, 4th September 2008.
STANDING COMMITTEES - ORGANISATION, PROCEDURE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
(no report )
REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES
(No report)
Questions
To ask the Manager will he outline the plans and locations he has selected for new playgounds in the County area?
To ask the Manager in relation to RAPID funding
(a) Will South Dublin County Council continue to match Government funding?
(b) How much funding in total is expected for the next financial year:
(i) For North Clondalkin?
(ii) For Tallaght?
and how does this compare to the current financial year?
To ask the Manager to report on any fines that have been issued for illegal dumping in the county including their locations?
To ask the Manager to provide a report on the operation of barrier-free tolling within the county since its introduction?
To ask the Manager for a report that indicates the number of applicants on the housing list by Committee Area, the average time on the list, the number of applicants who have been on the list for 0 to 1 year, for 1 to 2 years, for 2 to 3 years and who have been on the list for more than 3 years. Would he also report on the number and length of time spend on the list by applicants who have been allocated houses in 2006, 2007 and 2008?
To ask the Manager could he provide the figures for Litter Fines issues each of the past 5 years including this year to date?
To ask the Manager to have all the new signs on the M50 and N4 checked out to ensure that they are accurate and give ample and adaquate notice to drivers in relation to traffic lanes and that they do not contribute to dangerous and hazardous manoeuvres as quite a number of motorists have been observed reversing in traffic in order to switch to the lane (they shoud have been on) and to have the Irish version checked for accuracy and grammar?
To ask the Manager if there have been many complaints about the proposed new tagging system for refuse bins and if it is intended to provide a more comprehensive and detailed explanation to the public on how it is to operate. Constituents have complained that the announcement was made without any consultation or without adequate explanation as to how it will operate and some people report that they did not get any confirmation (as promised) even though they put out their bin twice (when they did not get feedback as expected) as requested. Can the Manager make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the Council's projects to provide supported housing for older persons during the last four years?
To ask the Manager if he will have regard to complaints from a number of areas about the advance information provided on measures recently taken to enforce some aspects of the bye-laws relating to the presentation of household waste, and if he will report on publicity measures planned to inform householders when any additional monitoring is to be implemented, particularly in regard to the allowed materials to be placed in the different types of bins?
To ask the Manager if he can provide comparative figures, for a number of local authorities including South Dublin, Fingal, Dublin City and Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown , for the amount of the Local Government Grant for 2009 per resident in the administrative areas of the local authorities, so as to enable members to assess the degree to which South Dublin is being treated, in terms of equity, compared to other cities and counties?
Headed Items
DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE PUBLIC ROADS
(No reports)
PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF PROPERTIES/SITES
(circulated herewith)
Proposed Disposal of Affordable Dwellings
Report in accordance with Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, on the granting of a contract for the management and maintenance of 100 Council homes to the North and East Housing Association.
(circulated herewith)
Proposed Metrowest Route Project - Publication of Draft Supplementary Development Contribution Scheme
(circulated herewith)
Correspondence
Letters, dated 13th and 28th October 2008 from Clones Town Council regarding:
a) Motion passed in relation Fuel Allowance Scheme and Living Alone Allowance.
b) Motion passed in relation to the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform in the US.
c) Motion passed calling on the Minister for Social & Family Affairs to relax the 'Habitual Residency conditions' for Irish citizens returning home from abroad.
Motions
That the current practice of providing wide grass verges on new (and improved) roads be reviewed and consideration be given to utilising a maintenance free alternative, given the difficulties with maintenance of grass and the resultant unsightly appearance.
That this Council discusses the mapping of the SDCC (a) Roads mapping – new alignments; new road layouts; new speed limits; new lanes etc. in order to assist GPS mobile communications updating. There is currently over an 18-month delay on this information as there is no centralized facility in Ireland on changing infrastructure – and that this recommendation be forwarded to each council.
That the Manager report as to number of months it will take for Bord Pleanala to make a decision re proposal for Incinerator at Behans Quarry Rathcoole, and to ascertain if this proposal is in line with Government Policy i.e. what body or Minister sent planning application to an Bord Pleanala.
That the elected members of this Council request the National Roads Authority to withdraw their misleading advertisement in connection with the introduction of the Barrier-Free -Tolling on the M50. This on the basis that motorists are being mislead into registering for a free Tag, which in reality is costing them €12 per year. We demand that the NRA should abandon this €12 charge and refund the motorists who have registered to date.
That the Manager undertakes to develop a section of www.sdcc.ie for children, to have links to this section of the site featured prominently on the homepage of www.sdcc.ie and to create as much interactivity as possible within it in order to engage, educate and encourage as much participation by children as possible as well as promoting active citizenship from an early age. This is to be created in addition to the development of the "Skids" section of the Libraries website.
That the Council agrees on a policy of naming roundabouts in the County for ease of reference for motorists and commuters and visitors to each area.
That this Council calls on the Manager to investigate the establishment of an outreach service in conjunction with NGO’s and State Agencies to inform Senior Citizens from the South Dublin County Council area of grants and other entitlements that are available to them and many administered by this Council.
That this Council deplores the announcement by Minister Martin Cullen, in a written reply to a Dail Question on 24 September regarding the Government's Local Authorities Swimming Pools Programme, that "it is not intended to launch a new Programme at this time", condemns the delaying tactics used by the present Government in its responses to queries from this Council about the Programme, and requests the Manager to make a statement on the consequences for the Council's Water Leisure Strategy, and the Council's plans to build a swimming pool in Lucan, of the Government's decision not to launch a new Programme, in contradiction to repeated indications to this Council about the imminent re-opening of the Programme.
That this Council liaise with the three other Local Authorities in the Dublin Area to introduce (a) transitional accommodation for Traveller Families and (b) emergency accommodation for Traveller Families who for legitimate reasons find themselves in a homeless situation.
That South Dublin County Council supports the introduction of by-laws or other measures which would ensure that circuses which use wild animals are prohibited from performing in any part of South Dublin County, in light of the well-documented evidence of suffering endured by the animals involved and the serious animal welfare issues raised.
That this Committee recommends that single people, male and female, be permitted to go on South Dublin County Council's housing lists.
That this Council discusses mapping of the SDCC areas with particular reference to areas vulnerable to flooding and to state what action has been taken on this issue to date.
That the Manager investigates complaints regarding environmental pollution at Behan's Quarry off the N7, including:
(1) silt deposits from the quarry on to the N7 creating dust clouds across the carriageway, and
(2) dust pollution from trucks exiting the quarry where truck loads are not covered by tarpaulin or similar pollution preventing methods resulting in dust clouds across the carriageway.
That this Council direct the Manager not to grant a right of way on proposed development at Saggart Arms, Saggart, Co. Dublin - Hannah Homes Ltd. - Planning Reg. Ref. SD06A/0636.
This Council agrees to instruct the manager to treat as a priority, the resolution of the licence/ lease issue for Community projects in the South Dublin County Council area and can he give an updated and detailed report on the exact reasons, per project, for the long years of delay in releasing these vital documents.
That SDCC appoint an Area Manager to each of the administrative areas within the county. A primary function of this manager would be to co-ordinate the functions of the various internal departments to ensure that works are planned and delivered as a project - with consistent and predictable levels of quality and service. This person would be a single point of contact for work-in-progress within that area.
That this Council, of South Dublin Co. Council dispose of the lands and property that were required for the upgrade of the N7, that are left over, and use the proceeds to redesign the Tay Lane N7 Junction, and to negotiate with the N.R.A. on the interim and longterm solution.
That this Council supports the demand of the Disability Federation of Ireland that the Government and the Health Services Executive provide adequate monies for the funding of disability and mental health services, specifically that the Government cancels the proposed 1% cut proposed in Budget 2009, that the HSE restore the 1% cut being implemented in 2008 and re-assign the €70 million redirected by it in 2007 and 2008 back to disability and mental health, and that the Government puts in place measures to ensure that the HSE cannot unilaterally remove disability and mental health funding allocated to it by Government, and requests the Manager to write to the Ministers for Finance and Health and Children and the Chief Executive Officer of the HSE conveying the views of this Council.
That the Manager write to the Minister for the Environment requesting that he set up a joint working group composed of representatives of both the elected members and management of South Dublin, Fingal, Kildare and Dublin City Councils, with the objective of actioning the recommendations of the EMS Report on the Liffey Valley (given that the OPW have indicated that they are not to coordinate the work of promoting a Liffey Valley National Park).