To call on the Government to introduce an emergency strategy to address the crisis in disability services in terms of the recruitment and retention of essential staff.
To ask the Chief Executive officer to outline the process in which a person can apply for homes with adaptations and outline how a person would be successful/unsuccessful.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide any details of housing projects delivered through the LDA in the county since its introduction in 2023, including a breakdown of social, cost rental, affordable purchase and private purchase units.
To ask the Chief Executive what percentage of the council's Revenue account income has been made up by Local Property Tax, each year since its introduction?
To ask the chief executive what caps exist on the number of social homes that can be purchased by the council in 2024 with funding from central government
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details of average wait times for Garda checks on successful housing applicants.
To ask the Chief Executive if glyphosate is used by council staff and contractors, and if so what was the total amount used in 2023 and thus far in 2024?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details of the % of commercial rates charged by the council each year since 2007.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on details of inspections on privately rented homes in 2023 and 2024. Report to include the total number of inspections carried out; dwellings inspected not meeting regulatory requirements; improvement Letters issued to landlords for improvements to be carried out; Improvement Notices served on landlords for improvements to be carried out; prohibition Notices served on landlords; and Prohibition Notices served on landlords.
To ask the Chief Executive if legislation allows for SDCC to extend the eligibility timescale for Homeless HAP to 90 days, in line with the typical notice periods granted through the courts if facing eviction
To ask the Chief Executive if there are plans for SDCC to amend policy/practices allowing for information relating to the progress of CRTiS applications to be shared with the tenant.
To ask the manager how many offers of housing was declined in 2022 / 2023 and 2024 YTD
To ask the Chief Executive to report on oversight of homeless services, are services inspected, how are they inspected, and to provide any reports available on inspections of service providers in our county and to indicate whether on independent oversight is in place.
To ask the Chief Executive what standards and quality of services and care are in place for homeless service providers, including those provided by the Dublin Regional Homes Executive (DRHE) and how are these measured.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on homeless services and supports in our county including those provided by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE).
To ask the Chief Executive to report, in tabular format by LEA, how much was spent on footpath repairs during 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a list, in tabular format by LEA, of the number of locations and volume M2 of footpath repairs carried out during 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
This council calls on the Chief Executive, in the interests of road safety and as an additional traffic management tool, to implement a Quiet Streets programme in our county.
To ask the Chief Executive if he considers that there should be an information board in Clondalkin Park explaining the Camac overflow system there located where the path of the overflow crosses the footpath and also if he considers that a small footbridge should be erected there as well to allow pedestrians pass when the overflow is in full flow?
"The paving outside cafe Aon Sceal is very dangerous there is lots of trip hazards can this be upgraded and made safe?"