Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes

Please refer to:Re-scheduled Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting (A) 8th December, 2009 H-I 1

No Business

To ask the Manager to report on the number of applications for Higher Education Grants in the Lucan and Clondalkin Electoral Areas for both the 2009-2010 and 2008-2009 academic years; to report on how many applications for each year were approved, to advise on the number of outstanding applications for the current year yet to be processed and outline proposals to eliminate any current backlog in the processing of applications?

• Q 1

To ask the Manager for an update on proposals to provide a library and digital hub in Palmerstown?

• Q 2

To ask the Manager to report if a date has yet been agreed with the Railway Procurement Agency for a briefing for members of this committee on the current status of plans for Luas line F to Lucan, as requested by this Committee on foot of my motion at the October meeting?

• Q 3

To ask the Manager if he will write to the Project Manager of the Lucan LUAS requesting a further briefing for the Area Committee at an early date in 2010?

• Q 4

H-I 2 (a)

New Works

H-I 2 (b)

Update on Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee Meeting

• H-I 2(b)

Library News & Events

No Business

Please refer to L/C ACM (2) A - Rescheduled Meeting 8th  December, 2009

Correspondence

No Business

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee recommends that South Dublin County Council puts on a reception in the near future to honour the members of the St. Francis Football Club who won the F.A.I. 'Umbro' Senior Women's Cup in 2009.

• M 1

That this Committee calls on the Minister for Justice to ensure adequate funding is made available in 2010 for new and replacement vehicles for an Garda Síochána. Failure do so may seriously impinge on the capacity of local Gardaí to continue to provide their high-quality policing services across the Lucan and Clondalkin electoral areas, in particular noting the significant mileage run-up by many of the vehicles currently in use by our local Gardaí.

• M. 2

That the Manager requests Dublin Bus to facilitate the public by placing seating at their bus stop shelters in the Clondalkin Village area, particularly the stops on Orchard Road and the New Road, stop opposite the Laurels, Clondalkin.

• M 3

That this Committee recommend that a celebration of the many successes of St. Francis Girls Teams (soccer) by way of formal reception by South Dublin County Council in the near future.

That this Committee requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government and request an up-to-date report on this Council's earlier requests to extend the Special Amenity Area Order to the lands currently not protected by the SAAO between Lucan Bridge and Palmerstown, including St. Edmundsbury and Woodville, and further request the Minister to exercise his powers to issue this order without further delays.

• M 5

To ask the Manager to provide an up-to-date report, including a firm time-scale for the introduction of the brown bin collection system in the Lucan electoral area?

• Q 5

To ask the Manager to provide a report on the numbers of users of the Esker Green Water Recycling Centre in each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 (to date) and the revenue generated in each year from these users?

• Q.6

To ask the Manager for a report on the water pressure in Woodfarm Acres and in particular in Heather Grove, Palmerstown and to indicate when the matter can be rectified?

• Q 7

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the operation of the Esker Re-cycling Centre in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010, including figures for the numbers of private householders, and commercial operators, who used the services of the Centre in each year, and the income received from users in each year?

• Q.8

To ask the Manager if he will arrange to have illegally dumped material and litter removed from the area around the entrance to Griffeen Valley Park Valley at the end of Hayden's Lane, Lucan, (beside the new bridge)?

• Q.9

New Works

No Business

Correspondence

No Business 

Cathaoirleach's Business

That the Manager includes a bottle bank into the re-development works at Neilstown Community Centre.

• M 6

That this Committee, noting the devastating flooding that has hit parts of the west and south of country in recent weeks and in particular noting those floods caused by the deliberate discharge of water from ESB reservoirs, requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on the council’s efforts to reduce the risk of future flooding in areas along the Liffey and Griffeen rivers; to advise on the Council’s preparedness for future possible incidents of flooding in these areas and to advise if there are any arrangements in place with the ESB to provide residents and businesses in down-river areas with adequate warning in case the need ever arose to discharge large amounts of flood water from the Liffey reservoir at Cooldrinagh.

• M 7

That this Area Committee registers its dissatisfaction with the Manager about the manner in which Councillors were informed about the decision to discontinue the operation of the Esker Green Re-cycling Centre without any consultation, rejects the decision, believes that it discriminates against residents of the Lucan area, an area with relatively few Council facilities, and is not justified on environmental grounds, taken as it is in advance of the implementation of a countywide Brown Bin system for households, and requests the Manager to re-consider the decision and defer its implementation for a year.   

• M.8

That this Committee requests the Manager not to close the Green Waste Recycling Facility at Esker, Lucan until such time as the Brown Bin is rolled out to all houses in the area and the new scheme will be up and running. Would the Manager also report on early discussions on the future use of the lands at the Green Waste Facility in Esker?

• M.9

That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report for discussion on the operational and staffing arrangements required for the monitoring of CCTV footage from bring-bank sites in the Lucan and Clondalkin electoral areas, including an updated list of bring-bank sites currently monitored by CCTV. In reporting on this matter, the Manager is asked to confirm that ALL footage recorded at EACH of these sites is fully-monitored for the detection of possible offenses and to furthermore provide details of the number of offences detected by CCTV systems in respect of each of these sites in each year since the introduction of CCTV monitoring at the site and to report how many of these detected offences resulted in a successful prosecution.

• M 10

That the Manager advise the Committee on the expenditure by the Council on flood relief/prevention works in the Lucan Electoral Area since the severe flooding of November 2000, with a brief summary of the works carried out?

• M 11

To ask the Manager to support the 'Balgaddy Working Together' Group in arranging a Christmas celebration for the community of Balgaddy?

• Q 10

To ask the Manager to provide a further update on the proposed new youth services facility in Tór an Rí estate in Balgaddy, including a timeframe for its opening?

• Q 11

New Works

No Business

Application for Grants

No Business

Correspondence

No Business 

Cathaoirleach's Business

No Business

That this Committee compliments the Manager and staff of the Community Services Department for the manner in which they are engaging with the residents of Balgaddy, Balgaddy Together group, and the CPLN Partnership, and recommends to the Manager that adequate financial resources be provided for in the 2010 Council Budget to ensure the ongoing support of pro-social projects and community groups in the Balgaddy/Foxdene areas.

• M 13

That the Manager present a detailed report, for discussion, on the outcome of recent meetings with both the Palmerstown Community Council and the developer of the new Community Centre at Palmerstown Shopping Centre, including an outline of the outstanding issues (planning, financial, legal, technical etc.) which have yet to be resolved so as to allow for the completion and hand-over of this much-needed local facility; and to present this Committee with proposals on how to progress this matter to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion. 

• M 14