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I have receive a number of complaints regarding the Fix my street application and more specifically the fact that after a query is submitted, automated responses are received and no other contact or follow up takes place.
The success of Fix my street will depend on consumer confidence and if people are only getting automated responses they will stop using it.
Can statistics be provided to show usage of the system and the level of responses - and not just the automated response - given to users of Fix my street.
Can details be provided regarding this council's fire safety procedures in relation to halting sites and council owned/let properties. Are these fire safety procedures formalised or done on an ad hoc basis?
When have these procedure last been reviewed? Have these procedures ever been reviewed and signed off by the Health and Safety Authority or any other appropriate external body?
Can details be provided on the flood prevention works which are on-going in the county?
Can details be provided of the Christmas festivities which the council are running or supporting this year?
To ask the Chief Executive what is the Council’s spend on emergency accommodation to date this year and what was the spend on emergency accommodation last year?
To ask the Chief Executive how many planning applications have been received in the county to date this year and how does this compare to 2014.
To ask the Chief Executive How many house starts have commenced to date this year and how does this compare to this time last year?
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the spend by the Council on Cycle Track work in the county in 2015 - to list each scheme and the spend to date on each individual scheme
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the income and expenditure associated with Tallaght Stadium, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to commit to a new signage scheme for suburbs of the County as well as villages, towns, etc, and to make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline the procedure for how statements made by Councillors at Area Committee meetings in respect of planning files are dealt with, and to make a statement on the matter.
Can the Chief Executive report on what dealings or offers have been made to SDCC regarding properties held by NAMA, his/her view on the merit or otherwise of NAMA properties in the county and what obstacles- financial or otherwise- the council faces regarding the potential utilisation of NAMA properties?
Can the Chief Executive please report on the current condition of Local authority units in the County, by electoral ward if possible, with reference to,
the financial and labour resources provided yearly for the maintenance of LA units since 2010
the number of units currently waiting on approved maintenance work
the criteria used to determine the need for work and the average time frame for commencing work
the follow up steps/checks taken after work has been carried out
the Councils responsibility to rent paying tenants.
To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the amount of income received in Part V contributions in the past 24 months.
That this Council conducts a review of all part 8 processes passed in the last 12 months to ensure that the implementation of the part 8 work complies with the original part 8 and that from now on, all Council part 8 processes must adhere to the same standards of detail and information that would be expected in a normal planning applications.
This Council expresses its concerns that the proposed use of modular housing as an emergency accommodation may result in families being housed long term in such units. We also are concerned that the purchase of modular homes may not represent the best value for money.
We call on the Minister of Environment to allow the Council to use the allocation of funds for modular units to purchase houses on the private market where such purchases represent better value for money than the purchase of modular homes and where they provide better quality accommodation to meet the homeless needs of homeless households.
To ask the Chief Executive how many trees will be planted throughout the County in the coming Tree Programme, broken down by each electoral area.
That this Council, alters it current policy in relation to applications for consent to sales under Section 90 of the Housing Act 1966 and dispense with the requirement for a purchaser to obtain confirmation from Revenue that they have never previously received mortgage interest relief and thus effectively requires a proposed purchaser to be a first time buyer.
To ask the Chief Executive how many fines have been issued to dog owners in parks throughout the County for not having their dogs on leads, broken down by electoral area?
That this Council calls on the Minister for the Environment to undertake a full review of the use of Round-Up weedkiller by Local Authorities to assess the impact to public health, pets and wildlife in light of recent publications highlighting the risks the use of this chemical can pose.