"That this Committee writes to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to request a review of the County border between Fingal and South Dublin so as to allow the Liffey Valley hinterland from Leixlip border to Dublin 15 to be taken under full control of South Dublin County Council, including Laraghcon and Rokeby housing estates and Mount St Joseph cottages (Tinkers Hill), subject to a plebiscite of local residents agreeing to same. The reasons for this change would include:

• - Ensuring that Lucan village and main population centres in its northern hinterland are managed in an efficient and co-ordinated manner and that parents who primarily send their children to Lucan schools and all residents who primarily use Lucan facilities are able to influence and engage with the elected representatives who deal with the majority of issues pertaining to them.
• - Ensuring that the wider population of Lucan have a say through their elected representatives in the management of the Lucan hinterland so as to ensure proper democratic scrutiny of major zoning decisions that they had no means of influencing in the past.
• - Ensuring that areas such as Weir View – the subject of many planning enforcement issues - can be deal with strongly and directly by one local authority empowered to look at all aspects of planning enforcement, road maintenance and heritage protection issues, as these functions are currently shared in an ad-hoc way between the two local authorities and, in the view of residents, are not being dealt with adequately.
• - Noting, that while county boundaries often elicit strong emotional responses at local level in rural areas, particularly in relation to GAA affiliations as well as other issues; such issues are not in play in Fingal, South Dublin, or indeed Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, much of the boundaries being artificial constructs with no historic precedent and therefore suitable for a review after over 20 years. The fact that parts of Lucan village north of the Liffey such as Millbank and Weirview remain primarily under South Dublin control creates a precedent for Laraghcon, Rokeby, Mount St Joseph and other areas near the river up as far as Shackleton’s Mill to be similarly included as part of South Dublin Council area.

Acknowledging that Fingal County Council has had an excellent record in relation to the Liffey Valley amenity and its management – and still would have under any changes - this Committee respectfully asks the Minister to open up a process so that the residents of the areas listed are asked by means of a plebiscite which local authority they would prefer to be part of, with legislation enacted subsequently as required."

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on recent infill housing projects in public and private estates in Lucan and Palmerstown, to outline the numbers involved in each area, the agency directly managing them, the planned projects in the coming 12 months and to outline what efforts have been made to make the new residents settle into their areas, feel welcome and in turn to ensure that existing residents are kept informed at each stage of the process so as to avoid misinformation being circulated?"

• Q9 - Infill Lucan LEA

"To ask the Chief Executive to carry out a clean-up of litter on the Adamstown Road as this has reportedly become a litter blackspot in recent months?"

• Q 4 - Adamstown Road

"That this Council reports on the lack of progress to date in finalising the process regarding the building of a combined sports/community hall in terms of discussions between developers and their agents, the ETB and this Council; to indicate when the promised follow-up meeting with representatives of the Adamstown Community will take place to firm up what part of their input will be taken on board in the new facility; and if a statement could be made on the matter."

• M15 - Adamstown Community Facility

"To ask the Chief Executiver if there are any outstanding planning enforcement issues in relation to Weirview, Lucan, if so to outline a timeframe for resolution of same; and to clarify if there is regular liaison with Fingal County Council on issues under its remit, such as the recent tree cutting incident, which would affect residents living in Weirview and who feel that they are not being adequately serviced by either local authority because they live on the border and there is a mish-mash of responsibilities shared with each local Council?"

• M24 - Weirview Cottages

This council requests that the Dublin Flag should be flown from the Civic offices in Tallaght and Clondalkin during the Championship season and that the council would make an effort to ensure that it is clear to all that we, as a council,  are proud of the Dublin football and hurling teams  and their achievements;  that flag standards like those on parts of the Tallaght by pass and N81 would be installed on main approach roads to the county, particularly at county boundaries so that it might be easier to fly the Dublin colours at appropriate times with appropriately worded signage  so  that it would be clear that the Dubs are cherished every bit  as much in our county as the Tipperary team is in the Home Of Hurling. 

This council requests that the Dublin Flag should be flown from the Civic offices in Tallaght and Clondalkin during the Championship season and that the council would make an effort to ensure that it is clear to all that we, as a council,  are proud of the Dublin football and hurling teams  and their achievements;  that flag standards like those on parts of the Tallaght by pass and N81 would be installed on main approach roads to the county, particularly at county boundaries so that it might be easier to fly the Dublin colours at appropriate times with appropriately worded signage  so  that it would be clear that the Dubs are cherished every bit  as much in our county as the Tipperary team is in the Home Of Hurling. 

• M7 County Colours

This council requests that the Dublin Flag should be flown from the Civic offices in Tallaght and Clondalkin during the Championship season and that the council would make an effort to ensure that it is clear to all that we, as a council,  are proud of the Dublin football and hurling teams  and their achievements;  that flag standards like those on parts of the Tallaght by pass and N81 would be installed on main approach roads to the county, particularly at county boundaries so that it might be easier to fly the Dublin colours at appropriate times with appropriately worded signage  so  that it would be clear that the Dubs are cherished every bit  as much in our county as the Tipperary team is in the Home Of Hurling. 

This Council contends that the school warden service should not be withdrawn from any crossing point in our County unless it can be clearly demonstrated that there is no health and safety risk to children in doing so.  Could a report be presented on the crossing points where service has been withdrawn and outline the rationale for same.

Any Other Business

Schedule of Meetings 2016

Garda Siochana Reports

Issues

• JPC Strategic Plan 2016-2022 (Draft)
• Road Safety Strategy

Local Policing Fora Report

JPC Subgroups

Report of Meeting held on the 27th May 2016

Agenda

To ask the Chief Executive if there is provision to extend the '30 minutes free parking' in the villages in the County to users of the mobile parking apps such as 'ParkingTag'?

• Q13 Parking Tag

Departmental

 Letter from Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 1st September 2016 regarding Capital Plan 2017

• Co8 Letter from Department of Public Expenditure & Reform
• Letter from SDCC

"To ask the Chief Executive for details of any applications or proposals made by SDCC under the auspices of ‘Rebuilding Ireland – Action Plan for Housing & Homelessness’ with respect to projects that could be funded via the new €200m Infrastructure Fund and with respect to potential ‘Pathfinder sites’ in our County?"

• Q8 - Local Infrastructure Fund