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Cathaoirleach's Business
"This Committee agrees that young carers in the Clondalkin LEA provide a dedicated, valuable service to their loved ones and agrees to congratulate Clondalkin boy Adam Hyland who recently won Young Carer of the Year for the selfless duties he carries out caring for his Father Paddy. Furthermore in light of the recent Prime Time documentary “Carers in Crisis” that highlighted the lives of Carers in Ireland, left in unimaginable situations, sometimes without a break, and without hope this committee asks the Minister responsible to guarantee a comprehensive respite package is available to all those that need it”
"To ask the Chief Executive if an infographic could be created outlining the Christmas opening times for the Ballymount recycling centre and an infographic created outlining the locations for Christmas tree shredding in the Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure area?"
Deputations Meeting Report (No Business)
Quarterly Review on Litter Management Plan
Japanese Knotweed & Other Invasive Species
To ask the Chief Executive if he has noted the Pobal HP Deprivation Index as recently published; to ask if he has taken particular note of areas noted as disadvantaged due to elderly populations with fixed incomes and age-based dependencies; and to ask what steps he will take to address community supports in all areas noted as disadvantaged.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide details on the services provided by the Council, the DHRE and affiliated bodies to rough sleepers in the Council's administrative area during the winter months, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive how the Council intends to commemorate the significant anniversaries with local connections in 2018; in particular, the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, the Anti-Conscription campaign and the 1918 election, and to make a statement on the matter.
That this Council expresses concern at the recent deaths of rough sleeping homeless persons in Dublin and reports on what efforts are being made by South Dublin County and its officials as part of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to protect this particularly vulnerable group, many of who have addiction and/or mental health issues and need extra assistance during the cold winter months and the Christmas period when more staff will be off duty.
That this Council, in expressing our sympathy with the families all who have died on our roads, notes with grave concern a number of deaths of cyclists on roads in the County. We call on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate a substantially increased amount for cycling nationally. We note the need to improve cycling infrastructure and overall safety in this County and as Councillors we commit ourselves to providing, as far as is practicable and within our competency, funding, better planning, monitoring and maintenance of cycling infrastructure.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the current situation with regard to the collection of housing rents and overdue rents. With specific detail as regards the number and amount of accounts in arrears as opposed to the number up to date. How does our overdue rents as a percentage compare to other Local Authorities in the Dublin region.
"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the situation regarding the land for Gaelscoil Knocklyon please?
Has all the legals been completed at this stage and when would he expect the transfer of the site to the Department of Education for the building of the Gaelscoil?"
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Bulbs not Bonfires initiative for 2017. How many applications were there and how it compared to 2016.
That this Council condemns the ongoing genocide of the Rohingya in Myanmar and the reluctance international governments to take meaningful action to deal with the related refugee crisis in Bangaldesh; furthermore this Council calls on our own Government - through its representatives at the United Nations and the EU Council of Ministers - to actively seek a resolution of the Rohingya Crisis and highlight the need to ensure that all possible humanitarian aid is being provided to refugees in Bangladesh who are in a highly vulnerable situation, particularly women and children who face trafficking, exploitation and sexual abuse.
That this council calls on the Chief Executive to arrange for an information leaflet to be produced to inform residents of the county of how to record and report anti-social behaviour with a view to helping the housing and community department to build up correct information and statistics on such behaviour in estates in the county, particularly when it involves council tenants, either as victims or perpetrators.
That this Council supports a referendum to repeal the eight amendment to be held no later than May 2018, based on the citizen's assembly recommendations and this referendum should go ahead whether or not there is a general election before then.
Departmental
Letter from Department of Children and youth Affairs dated 10th November 2017 regarding vaccine trials in institutions run by Church and State
Letter dated 20th November 2017 from Carlow County Council regarding motion passed at recent Council Meeting
CONSIDERATION OF CAPITAL PROGRAMME 2018 -2020
That this Council, in expressing our sympathy with the families all who have died on our roads, notes with grave concern a number of deaths of cyclists on roads in the county. We call on the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to allocate a substantially increased amount for cycling nationally. We note the need to improve cycling infrastructure and overall safety in this County and as Councillors we commit ourselves to providing, as far as is practicable and within our competency, funding, better planning, monitoring and maintenance of cycling infrastructure.