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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management, Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive if he will consider a public meeting poster protocol similar to that in use in Dublin City Council, thereby guaranteeing the right of all to freedom of political expression while restricting the cynical self-promotion of election candidates who abuse our current regulations for their own gain rather than genuine political or public meetings.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney, Councillor S. Holland
Responsibility:
Chief Executive
  1. That this Council, exercising its powers under Section 199 of the Local Government Act, makes the following bye-laws for the regulation and control of public roads and footpaths adjacent to service providers of abortion services in South Dublin County to exclude any form of prohibited behaviour with a 200 metre area from the outer edge of the healthcare facility.

     

    For the purposes of these bye-laws, ‘prohibited behaviour’ shall include, but is not limited to:

     

    (i) Besetting, harassing, intimidating, interfering with, threatening, hindering, obstructing or impeding a person who is attempting to enter a healthcare facility;

     

    (ii) Engaging in threatening conduct directed at the service provider or a person known to them;

     

    (iii) In any way recording a service provider, or a person accessing, or attempting to access a healthcare facility without that person’s consent, or publishing or distributing a recording so obtained, except in discharge of police duty;

     

    (iv) Recording information about a person accessing, or attempting to access, a healthcare facility without that person’s consent, or publishing or distributing information so obtained, except in discharge of police duty;

     

    (v) Distributing or displaying any leaflets, pamphlets, notices, advertisements or other documentation with the intent of influencing a person healthcare decisions;

     

    (vi) Affixing bills, posters or stickers upon any wall, door, pole, structure, vehicle, floor or pavement or any surface forming part of, or used in relation to a healthcare facility.

     

    (vii) Conducting or taking part in demonstrations or public gatherings relating to abortion services.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Director of Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Development

To ask the Chief Executive when it is planned to roll out the "Welcome To..." signs in suburban areas of the County similar to Dublin City Council, as previously noted (separate to the wayfinding and villages initiative signage programmes), and to make a statement on the matter.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management, Director of Economic, Enterprise and Tourism Development

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the Council's plans, including via the Library Services, in respect of the 100th anniversary of the War of Independence, and the 25th anniversary of the founding of SDCC, and to make a statement on the matter.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

Chun ceist a chur ar an Príomhfheidhmeannach faoi na pleananna ar Seachtain na Gaeilge Átha Cliath Theas 2019; cad iad na gníomhachtaí atá pleanáilte lasmuigh Tamhlacht agus Cluain Dolcáin; agus an mbeidh deiseanna ann ar rannphartíocht Chomhairleoirí maidir leis na gníomhachtaí atá eagraithe.

To ask the Chief Executive about the plans for Seachtain na Gaeilge Átha Cliath Theas 2019; What events are planned outside Tallaght and Clondalkin; and will the Councillors have an opportunity to input into the planned events

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Higgins
Responsibility:
Chief Executive

South Dublin County Council, taking it’s lead from Louth County Council, in exercise of the powers conferred to us by Section 199 of the Local Government Act 2001 makes the following bye-law for the regulation and control of public roads and footpaths adjacent to service providers of abortion services within South Dublin County council to exclude any form of prohibited behavior within a 500 meter radios of the outer edge of the healthcare facility.

For the purposes of these bye-laws, ‘prohibited behavior’ shall include but not be limited to:

  • Continuously or repeatedly observing a service provider or other person accessing a healthcare facility
  • Continuously or repeatedly observing a healthcare facility
  • Engaging in threatening conduct directed at the service provider of a person know to them
  • Besetting, harassing, intimidating, interfering with, threatening, hindering, obstructing or impeding a person who is attempting to enter a healthcare facility
  • In any way recording a service provider, or a person accessing, or attempting to access a healthcare facility without the persons consent, or publishing or distributing a recording to obtained except in discharge of police duty
  • Recording information about a person accessing or attempting to access a healthcare facility without that person’s consent, or publishing or distributing information so obtained, except in discharge of police duty
  • Distributing or displaying any leaflets, pamphlets, notices, advertisements or other documentation
  • Affixing bills, posters or stickers upon any wall, door, pole, structure, vehicle, floor or pavement or on any surface forming part of, or used in relation to, the healthcare facility
  • Conducting or taking part in public meetings, demonstrations or processions at the healthcare facility.
Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Emma Hendrick
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

This council agrees that all children's playgrounds should be smoke free zones. This council calls on management to put "No Smoking" signs in all children's playgrounds in South Dublin County Council 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Richardson
Responsibility:
County Architect

That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to report on the plans for more electric charging points in South Dublin.

Going forward, in order to encourage more electric cars on the road we will need to increase the number of electric charging points throughout the County.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Johansson
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

This Council notes that:

As of December 2018 there were 7151 on the South Dublin County Council housing list.

A Dáil motion passed through the Dáil on October 3rd setting out a new direction for housing policy

The proposals in this motion were not incorporated into Budget 2019

Important proposals to address the Housing Emergency have been put forward by a wide variety of groups including the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, the National Housing and Homeless Coalition and Raise the Roof

Rebuilding Ireland is not working and a new approach to housing is required to meet the needs of all those locked out of the private market including young people, those on modest incomes (but do not qualify for local authority homes), those on low pensions, those on Council waiting lists, workers, women with children, travellers, people with disabilities, older people and students

This Council calls on Government to:

  1. Declare the housing and homeless crisis an emergency
  2. Dramatically increases the supply of local authority led public and affordable housing (including cost rental), by increasing capital spending on housing to €2.3bn; increase Part V requirements to 20% in standard developments & 30% in Strategic Development Zones; prioritise the delivery of public housing on public land; and aggressively target the return of vacant houses to active use
  3. Reduce the flow of adults and children into homelessness with emergency legislation to make it illegal for landlords, banks and investment funds to evict tenants and homeowners in mortgage distress into homelessness; provide real security of tenure and real rent certainty by linking rent reviews to an index such as the CPI and introducing measures to reduce the cost of rent; introduce a target for ending long term homelessness and the need to sleep rough
  4. Establish a legal Right to Housing
Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Richardson
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

Can the Chief Executive report on plans for purchase of 1 bedroom properties for individuals on SDCC list. 

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

Can the Chief Executive report on our current Homless list? 

How many are on list in SDCC and also report on how many are on 1 bed list?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Rosaleen Dwyer

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Area Committee requests that South Dublin County Council assist the Clondalkin Community to formulate a pollinator strategy that is line with the All Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020 (and that contact is made with Clondalkin Tidy Towns and Sruleen Community Development Association who have expressed a particular interest in this)."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
David Fennell

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Area Committee requests that a wall with a kissing gate be built to replace the bollards between the Westbourne Drive and Westbourne Lawn in order to stop stolen cars, quads and scramblers that have been driving through them."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Deputy M. Ward
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

Mayors Business

This Council fully supports Neurological Alliance Ireland (NAI) Love Your Brain campaign as part of national brain week which runs from the 11th to the 17th of March. The campaign aims to promote greater awareness and understanding of the brain and brain conditions as well as the need for more investment in services, research, and prevention and to ask the Minister for

Immediate investment to address critical deficits in neurology staffing, including neurologists, specialist nurses and health and social care professionals to recommended levels.

  • Targeted long term investment in neurology services to support implementation of the Neurology & Epilepsy Models of Care.
  • Dedicated resources to support the development of clinical pathways for headache, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and rare and genetic neurological conditions
Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Deputy M. Ward
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the length of time it takes for a Garda Clearance to be provided to enable new Council tenants to take up their new homes and to give a statement on the matter? 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

"Following the recent incidents of cars driving over the pedestrian bridges in Tymon Park. That this Are Committee calls on the Chief Executive to install bollards at either end of all pedestrian bridges to the park to prevent this happening again. I believe this situation presents a real danger to the health and safety of all park users and council staff and also presents the possibility of significant damage to council property."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Gogarty
Responsibility:
Chief Executive

That this Council, mindful of bridge collapses in Ireland and other countries, reports on the dates and times a safety audit was last carried out on each bridge located wholly or partially within the county over water, road or rail, either by itself or TII, irish Rail or Waterways Ireland (or other relevant body), to outline future inspection dates for structures that have not been examined in the past 12 months and if a statement can be made on the matter.

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

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a progress report on the River Poddle Flood Alleviation Scheme

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

Is there any indication from the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government as to when we can expect an Affordable Housing Scheme?

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

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Area Committee extends its congratulations to Clondalkin Celtic Football club for reaching its 50 years milestone this year. The committee recognises the huge commitment from everyone involved and commits to supporting Clondalkin Celtic Football club in its valuable contribution to the Clondalkin Community."