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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Brian Hora

"To ask the Chief Executive to arrange for liaison wth the St. Brigid's Festival Committee, Clondaklkin?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

Is SDCC a member of REPAK (https://repak.ie/)? If not does SDCC have any commercial dealings with REPAK?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

Can the Chief Executive confirm if the six action teams to be set up as part of  the implementation of the Climate Action Plan have met since the plan was adopted last month? The implementation plan stated that 'It is proposed that each Action Team meet monthly for the first three months and revising to every second month thereafter.'

Action Team 1; Energy and Buildings

Action Team 2; Transport

Action Team 3; Flood Resilience

Action Team 4; Nature Based Solutions

Action Team 5; Resource Management

Action Team 6; Citizen Engagement

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
County Architect

Is the councils target of 33% improvement in the councils energy efficiency by 2020 (Slide 4 of presentation given at September Council meeting) to be achieved by 1st January 2020 or 31st December 2020? How is this 33% improvement in efficiency to be measured e.g. is it relative to a baseline or business as usual scenario for total energy use?

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

PART 8 - HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE EIRCOM SITE AT NANGOR ROAD

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Sinclair
Responsibility:
Leo Magee, Suzanne Furlong

"To ask the Chief Executive, following the incident in the Tallaght Wetlands on 20/9 & 21/9 and the acknowledgement from Council management on 23/9 that this was a dreadful error, what procedures will be put in place to ensure there isn’t an incident like this in future? e.g.

-          Reviewing when Environmental Impact Assessments are done, how this is communicated to workers and the role of onsite ecologists with these teams.

-          Including responsibility for communicating with any professional or academic groups, in particular those licensed by National Parks and Wildlife or similar groups, that are carrying out survey or preservation work as a core part of an officer’s job description."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Sinclair
Responsibility:
Leo Magee, Suzanne Furlong

"To ask the Chief Executive, following the incident in the Tallaght Wetlands on 20/9 & 21/9 and the acknowledgement from Council management on 23/9 that this was a dreadful error, what plans are being put in place to;

-          Define more clearly that this full area will be preserved as wetlands as laid out in the Tallaght Local Area Plan?

-          Regenerate the area impacted by the dreadful error?"

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Michael McAdam

"That this Area Committee requests the Chief Executive to look at commissioning a canvass art project that could be called  "The Faces of Clondalkin'' that would include well know people from Clondalkin like Jim Gavin, Mary Kennedy, Bernard Dunne, Aidan Turner, Mic Christopher, Kenneth Egan and Graham Norton etc. We also commend South Dublin County Council for the fantastic canvass initiative."  

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

"That this Area Committee congratulates and commends Clondalkin Tidy Towns, Newcastle Tidy Towns, Rathcoole Tidy Towns and Brittas Tidy Towns and we thank them for all the incredible work they do.  We commend the volunteers who work tirelessly to improve our villages and make South Dublin County Council a better county. We commit to writing to each Tidy Towns in The Clondalkin Area to commend their efforts."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Jason Frehill

"That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to initiate a Local Area Plan for Rathcoole."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
John Coughlan

"To ask the Chief Executive to issue a report into when the Outer Ring Road in Newcastle will be built and has money been allocated for same to alleviate traffic congestion in the area as per Newcastle Local Area Plan?"

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

"That this Area Committee commits to writing to the NTA to investigate the possibility and viability of a flyover from Main Street to N7 in Rathcoole to alleviate traffic congestion."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the chief executive for a report in to services in SDCC and how many of them are contracted out and what the cost is to the taxpayer via our property tax? (Grass cutting , Tree Pruning)

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to fire safety in Council owned housing, specifically apartment blocks & traveller accommodation, to include how often assessments in regards to fire risk are done and what are the associated costs?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to how many additional emergency hostel beds SDCC intends to provide within SDCC for the next five year term and what the cost of this will be to the taxpayer?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive for a report into what new roads will be built in the next 5 years to ease traffic congestion within our towns and villages in the county and to provide a timeline and estimated cost for same?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive for a report in to what SDCC pay to private bin company's to collect the County rubbish and what the cost is to the taxpayer via our property tax, to include as much information as possible?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Maire O'Sullivan

''That this Area Committee ask the Chief Executive to issue a full and detailed report to explain why it has taken so long for 'repairs' into the Clondalkin Boardwalk.  Bearing in mind this issue was highlighted by the Tidy Towns National adjudicator a few times and raised at previous ACMs. What is the delay and when will work be finished? What has been the costs involved in the Boardwalk and its repairs?  Also that this Committee asks for a commitment timeframe of when the work will be completed?" 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Irenie McLoughlin, Hazel Craigie

"To ask the Chief Executive for a full and detailed report into Clondalkin as a designated Architectural Conservation Area as per the South Dublin County Council Development Plan. What efforts are being made by South Dublin County Council to ensure Clondalkin remains as an Architectural Conservation Area?  What buildings and walls are protected around the village area?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor William Priestley
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive whether any structure is in place to assist the first wave of couples who partook in the Affordable Housing Scheme (2009) to secure enlarged homes now that their families have predictably expanded.