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Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Gogarty
Responsibility:
Elaine Leech

That the Chief Executive, in light of multiple submissions from residents and elected representatives on a range of issues relating to this site over the past year - and noting our wholehearted continuing support for the official Traveller Accommodation Programme -,immediately acts to close down the unauthorised encampment beside Foxborough estate, which does not include any families under SDCC’s duty of care and is something Dublin City Council needs to show leadership on, while also acknowledging that the national council by council  scheme is not fit for purpose.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor K. Mahon
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to organise additional days of free access to Ballymount Civic Amenity and a free large/bulky item collection across Tallaght in advance of Halloween.

This would be of huge assistance to residents that do not have the physical means to access the Ballymount Civic Amenity, and to those residents who are actively organising to protect green areas and estates from illegal dumping and bonfire damage.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Peter Kavanagh
Responsibility:
Jason Frehill

Cathaoirleach's Business

"This committee calls on South Dublin County Council to reverse it's decision refusing a biodiversity study for the area of the proposed Part 8 development in Rathcoole in the area locally known as the 4 Districts Woodland."

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Patricia O'Reilly
Responsibility:
Thomas Rooney

Area Committee Representative to Brú Chrónáin Steering Committee

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor
Responsibility:
John Coughlan

To ask the Chief Executive has planning enforcement taking any action resolving the structural failure of Balconies in Hunter's wood estate  

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Joanna Tuffy
Responsibility:
David Fennell

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on Esker Cemetery and plans for maintenance including painting of gates and a general update on Council plans for the cemetery

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Donovan
Responsibility:
Dave OBrien

That the Chief Executive reviews the noise barrier in the Castlefield Estate. According to the EPA 2017 map for day noise in the area, it falls in a >75db area, with sounds above 85db being deemed dangerous.

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Donovan
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

That the Chief Executive includes the necessary works to replace the footpath across the green in Westbourne Lodge in the Works Programme for 2020. There is a good path at either end of it but the section across the grass is old tarmac which is breaking up and being reclaimed by the green. 

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill, Suzanne Furlong

To ask the Chief Executive to set out the position regarding the mature copper beech trees formerly lining the avenue of Cherryfield House which are in the area into which it is proposed to extend the Cherryfield car park

 

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Derek Sargent

To ask the Chief Executive to take remedial action to deal with the recurrent sewage overflow into a wooded area immediately adjacent to the main pathway and proposed location for the play-trail (map attached).

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Michael McAdam
Responsibility:
Michael McAdam

Quarterly Report on Litter Management Plan 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Laurence Colleran

To ask the Chief Executive to consider whether the mature trees on Stocking Lane opposite the Scholars Wood development can be the subject of a preservation order in light of recent planning applications which were refused on the basis that they proposed felling the trees. 

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Suzanne Furlong, Jennifer McGrath

To ask the Chief Executive for an update concerning the Dodder Greenway and specifically how it will relate to the play-trail.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Murphy
Responsibility:
John Coughlan

That the Chief Executive please provide a report on the issue of the Orlagh Roundabout? 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Murphy
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill

That the Chief Executive agrees to the addition of the remainder of Whitechurch estate be added to the current tree maintenance Programme. 

 

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Murphy
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

To ask the Chief Executive to please provide an update in relation to the motion passed in early 2019 relating to the improvement works for the walkway between Glenvara and Castlefield estates? 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Murphy
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

That the Chief Executive please provide an updated Programme of Works for the Public Realm section for the area covered by this ACM and timescales for all works.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

To ask the Chief Executive to resume maintenance of the approximately 20 metre 'viewing platform' for the Dodder waterfall at Old Bawn Bridge which is overgrown, obscuring the waterfall from public view.

 

 

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Brian Hora

To ask the Chief Executive to liaise with gardai in relation to a recent spate of burglaries in the Glenasmole area and to call on them to deploy more resources in  isolated rural parts of the county, including as regards community liaison.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill

To ask the Chief Executive to indicate the timescale for tree maintenance and stump removal for the Glenvara estates which are not on the current schedule but which are overdue for maintenance and which present numerous hazards, especially given the higher proportion of older residents, many with mobility issues.