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To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the total number of fines issued in relation to illegal parking in the County including the total number of paid fines, for years 2015 and 2016.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the total number of fines issued in relation to dog fouling in the County including the total number of paid fines, for years 2015 and 2016.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to grant priority to those tenants who are housed under the RAS Scheme and have laid down their roots within the Community in which they live, who are under threat of eviction because their Landlord will not renew the lease, to ensure that they will be rehoused within the local Community and also to consider their their case for rehousing from the commencement of the Notice to terminate the Lease rather than wait until they are almost homeless.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the plans to carry out a Study on facilities for older children, as per previous question (see below)
Monday, February 13, 2017 QUESTION NO. 26
QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the feasibility study to be carried out in 2017 in relation to facilities for older children.
REPLY: Provision has been made in 2017 to progress a study with regard to the provision of teenage facilities in the county. This study will include:
- consultation with relevant interest groups as well as reporting to the Elected Members as the study is progressing
- background research to assess current level of provision for this group
It is intended to commence this study as soon as possible.
Ministerial
Letter from Simon Harris TD Minister for Health (M11/1216) concerning medicinal cannabis.
To ask the manager if there is a register of historic/antique road furniture and signage for the County and if so, is there a policy to maintain these. If no such register exists, is there any plans to compile such a register by the Council.
"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on Bohernabreena Cemetery regarding the following - Total Graves/Plots - Total Graves not yet opened. Please break the figures down between the old part of the cemetery and the new. Also how many plots have been booked/sold in the Old Cemetery which have not been opened and what is the legal position on these. Also based on the available plots left, how many years/months is left before these are all taken?"
To ask the Chief Executive to provide an update on library usage statistics, including online services and the mobile library, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide an update on district heating, geothermal energy, micro-hydroelectric projects and other sustainable energy resource schemes planned or underway by the Council, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide an update on the proposed speed limit changes in the County, and to make a statement on the matter.
Mayors Business
This Council, being concerned at the possible implications of Brexit and acknowledging the role that the EU exercises in the lives of Irish Citizens, calls on the Chief Executive to initiate the establishment of an EU SPC under section 48 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 and as per guidelines under section 54(2) of the 2001 Act regarding SPCs. The Act and Guidelines provide the Council with a basis to proceed with the establishment of a specialist committee for European affairs within the scope of the SPC scheme.
To ask the Chief Executive to provide an update on all social housing construction projects underway or planned in the County, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to give a report on how many new applicants have presented as homeless since January of this year? with a breakdown as follows:
How many single males?
How many single females?
How many couples?
How many families?
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed update on current tender processes underway for playground and playspace projects in the County?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the current staffing available to deliver and support this council’s planning enforcement function?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed response to the recently published TII N4-N7 Study and to advise on any actions which this Council intends pursuing or recommending arising from the Study?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the planned appointment of a new Road Safety Officer?
To ask the Chief Executive if sufficient resources, cover and management processes are in place to ensure the effective delivery of a three-weekly grass cutting schedule in residential areas in late spring/early summer noting the serious difficulties encountered in both 2014 and 2016?
That this Council, noting the ongoing concerns in relation to serious traffic delays which can arise from accidents on the M50; calls on Transport Infrastructure Ireland to put in place a region-wide public information campaign to explain the new M50 diversion route signage; and further calls on the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána to provide additional resources to the Regional Traffic Unit to aide local Gardaí in managing both accident sites on the M50 and the implementation of diversions routes.
The Council requests that the Mayor leads a delegation of Councillors to visit the Direct Provision Centre at Clondalkin Towers, Ninth Lock Road, meets with both asylum seekers and management in the Centre and reports back to this Council.