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That the Manager would consider through the Environment SPC to undertake a review of our public bins to assess possible solutions to reduce litter overflowing and rodent issues accessing the rubbish and further causing litter. Given that many residents have seen the larger lidded solar bins in neighbouring local authority areas, if the review could also include an assessment of these bin types including use case and suitability for SDCC locations.
To ask the Chief Executive for a program to be put in place for grass cutting in the new play-spaces across the county. There are a number of these play-spaces that have not had the grass cut in them for the month of June. How often do the council cut the grass in these play-spaces.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of house that SDCC have bought on the open market for the last 12 months broken down by LEA.
To ask the Chief Executive if a number of sports clubs come together and apply for funding form the fund that was announced at last year’s budget for multi-use sports building. Will the council work with the clubs and lease or licence land to the clubs so they can apply for sports capital funding?
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the funding that was announced at last year’s budget for multi-use sports clubs buildings. How many clubs has applied for this funding and how much money was paid out from this fund so far.
That this Council corresponds with Insurance Ireland and gets a definitive answer as to why an area of local flooding that has been mitigated by the Office of Public Works cannot get flood risk insurance on their homes when that area is not one of the 300 high flood risk areas set out by CFRAM.
That SDCC supports Barnardos Rise Up for children in 2016 campaign The
Rise Up key campaign objectives are:
1. Politicians must promise to safeguard the first year of a child’s life
2. Politicians must increase investment in early childhood care and education
3. The State must provide free primary education
4. Politicians must guarantee access to primary care services for
all children when they need it
5. Politicians must promise to ensure a secure home for all children
We implore on the Government to deal seriously with these issues and
invest as needed to eradicate child poverty in Ireland, we write to
the minister for children and ask for her to bring this to the cabinet
table and budget meetings and make a real difference to children in
Ireland.
To ask for a report into the Housing adaptation grants for people with a disability in SDCC, What are the estimated waiting times? How many are on list? And what is the estimated cost of clearing any back log.
To ask for the Chief Executive to do a report and look at that the issue of Council junk collections be looked at in order to combat illegal dumping in the County and that a report on cost be brought to a pre-budget meeting for Members consideration and discussion.
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the Roundabout sponsorship scheme what size and type of signage will be offered and what is cost of sponsorship and will the area committees have any role in deciding this?
To ask the Chief Executive that a list of boarded up houses in SDCC is provided and how may will be brought into use by Compulsory purchase orders?
To ask for a report into how many are in Hotels, Bed and Breakfasts, emergency accommodation from South Dublin County Council and how long have they been on same?
Mayors Business
The Members of South Dublin County call on the Government and the Minister responsible to enact without delay legislation that gives expression to and recognises The Traveller Community as a distinct Ethnic Group in Ireland and are deserving and accorded the respect that such a status confers and deserves. Once agreed that this decision be communicated to the Minister concerned and this Motion be copied to all other City and County Councils.
That this Council calls on Insurance Ireland to give a definitive answer why Council tenants in Killinarden Estate cannot get proper flood risk Insurance to their homes after the Office of Public Works has completed local flood mitigation works there in 2012. Killinarden is not one of the 300 potential flood risk areas listed by CFRAM and yet is being widely discriminated against by major insurance companies that it is still a flood risk when they apply for home insurance.
This Council calls on the new Government to immediately call a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment from the constitution.
This Council calls on the new Government to immediately call a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment from the constitution.
"This Committee agrees that, in light of South Dublin County Council's ownership of a unit in the Bawnogue shopping center, the Council makes a financial contribution to the management company in line with the rest of the tenants for the upkeep of the facility. The Committee further agrees for the Housing and Community section request that the car park of the centre is included in the gateway cleaning schedule on a regular basis."
This Council calls on the new Government to immediately call a referendum to repeal the 8th amendment from the constitution.
"That the Chief Executive present a report for discussion on the outstanding and additional landscaping works that are required along the N7 including additional trees at Newlands Rd, additional landscaping at Newlands Cross and agreed landscaping at Boot Rd/Rockfield Drive and St Johns Drive; and to provide details of works agreed and costings."
PART 8's
(H9) No Reports