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That the Chief Executive provides a detailed report of Council spending between 2004 and 2009 per electoral area and between 2009 and 2014 per electoral area, outlining from highest contribution to lowest the income gained from the area directly through development levies, rates and other sources of income and outlining from highest to lowest the spend in real terms and per head of population on capital and current projects, grants and other quantifiable resource allocations; and furthermore, should one area be found to have received a significantly lower allocation than other electoral areas, that this Council resolves to redress this historic imbalance by means of budgeting for and fast-tracking one significant and major community and sporting project as agreed by Local Area Councillors, following public input through a consultation process. This should ideally give priority consideration to projects previously budgeted for by the Council, but scrapped due to funding considerations (eg a public swimming pool in the Lucan Electoral Area).
That this council calls on the Minster for Finance to postpone the scheduled review of residential property valuations under the LPT in 2016.
To freeze all current valuations till 2020. Allowing house prices to stabilize particularly in the Dublin area.
To increase the power of local councils to raise or lower the LPT by allowing for a 30% adjustment instead of the current 15%, in the lifetime of a council.
That this council calls on the government to endorse and Launch the safer internet campaign iRights in Ireland.
Irights proposes 5 core protective online principals which have been drawn up based on translating the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child.
Principal 1 is the “right to remove” – By adopting iRights in Ireland, when a young person reaches the age of 18, they will have access to easily delete any content that they themselves have created when they were perhaps too immature to know better (80% of all employers check online sites for details on job candidates)
Principal 2 is the “right to know” – By adopting this principal, it means that information about how our data may be used is designed into the technology we use daily and explained to children clearly rather than hidden in endless pages of obscure terms & conditions (eg. We should be informed when Celebrities are being paid to endorse a product online)
Principal 3 is the right to “make informed and conscious choices” – Our children should understand that what happens online isn’t just down to their free will but is being manipulated through clever game design intent on making playing it addictive
Principal 4 is the “right to Safety & Support online” - That Our education policy values and supports access to internet safety for both Children and Parents
Principal 5 is the “right to digital literacy” – If our young people are to flourish in the future, they need to be able not just to use the internet and technology but also to understand how it all works. That means learning to code, application development and cloud computing. By endorsing iRights, our future technology learning strategy for our children will be developed.
Irights was developed in the UK and launched in December under the #weprotect Conference hosted by PM David Cameron in response to the need to address the rights of Children in the Online world.
By embracing irights in Ireland, all citizens could sign up to demand the rights of Irish children in our online world.
That this council calls on the Minster for Finance to postpone the scheduled review of residential property valuations under the LPT in 2016.
To freeze all current valuations till 2020. Allowing house prices to stabilize particularly in the Dublin area.
To increase the power of local councils to raise or lower the LPT by allowing for a 30% adjustment instead of the current 15%, in the lifetime of a council.
That this council calls on the government to endorse and Launch the safer internet campaign iRights in Ireland.
Irights proposes 5 core protective online principals which have been drawn up based on translating the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child.
Principal 1 is the “right to remove” – By adopting iRights in Ireland, when a young person reaches the age of 18, they will have access to easily delete any content that they themselves have created when they were perhaps too immature to know better (80% of all employers check online sites for details on job candidates)
Principal 2 is the “right to know” – By adopting this principal, it means that information about how our data may be used is designed into the technology we use daily and explained to children clearly rather than hidden in endless pages of obscure terms & conditions (eg. We should be informed when Celebrities are being paid to endorse a product online)
Principal 3 is the right to “make informed and conscious choices” – Our children should understand that what happens online isn’t just down to their free will but is being manipulated through clever game design intent on making playing it addictive
Principal 4 is the “right to Safety & Support online” - That Our education policy values and supports access to internet safety for both Children and Parents
Principal 5 is the “right to digital literacy” – If our young people are to flourish in the future, they need to be able not just to use the internet and technology but also to understand how it all works. That means learning to code, application development and cloud computing. By endorsing iRights, our future technology learning strategy for our children will be developed.
Irights was developed in the UK and launched in December under the #weprotect Conference hosted by PM David Cameron in response to the need to address the rights of Children in the Online world.
By embracing irights in Ireland, all citizens could sign up to demand the rights of Irish children in our online world.
That two site meetings be convened at Glenview and Tamarisk Estate's to provide solutions to continual flooding and sewage problems which pose a serious risk to health and safety for these residents.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the gifting of logs - from removed trees - to elderly within the County?
That the Chief Executive Officer provide an update on resolving the parking issues at Solas Chriost School - Belgard.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline if an alternative source of funding has yet been identified to fund the provision of new sports pavilions in 2015 to replace containers in parks?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed report on the financial performance (i.e. incomes, costs, level of operating deficits/surpluses, etc) in 2013 & 2014 of the swimming pool/leisure centres at each of Clondalkin & Tallaght; and to further report on the financial performance & balance sheet of the South County Dublin Leisure Services Ltd. company?
To ask the Chief Executive to report on:
- - the progress made by this Council in implementing the 2009-2015 Eastern River Basin District (ERBD) management plans; including details of the Programme of Measures implemented and the total expenditure to date;
- - the progress in seeking to meet the ERBD objective to “achieve good status by 2015” in respect of the water quality of rivers & watercourses in our County, including particularly the Griffeen River which had been identified as “bad”;
- - the Programme of Measures planned in 2015; and
- - the role of the Council in preparation of the second cycle of River Basin Management Plans?
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed report on the options available to local authorities and/or ‘off-the-book’ companies established by local authorities to borrow from state bodies, social finance lenders, financial institutions or other bodies for the purposes of seeking to fund major capital projects in the sports and leisure area?
That this council condemns the use of Gateway, Job Bridge, and other similar government "job activation" schemes as they endanger council jobs.
That the South Dublin County Council should initiate a civic pride week event that could be turned into a festive occasion and be held annually in spring. This event would include sports, community gardening, street clean-ups and musical activities.
That this Council writes to the Minister for Health seeking clarification as to why the H.S.E. is downgrading the ratio mix for the care of vulnerable patients from a 50:50 to a 40:60 basis. That we reiterate the questions posed by the INMO in this matter. On what evidence is a skill mix of 40:60 based on?
- What autonomy / authority does the person in charge (Director of Nursing) have in relation to staffing levels and skill mix?
- Why are the HSE proceeding with this overtly cost cutting exercise in one of the most vulnerable patient groups in the health service?
- What risk assessment was carried out in all areas prior to this instruction to cut staff in such numbers?
That this council condemns the use of Gateway, Job Bridge, and other similar government "job activation" schemes as they endanger council jobs.
That the South Dublin County Council should initiate a civic pride week event that could be turned into a festive occasion and be held annually in spring. This event would include sports, community gardening, street clean-ups and musical activities.
That this council condemns the use of Gateway, Job Bridge, and other similar government "job activation" schemes as they endanger council jobs.
That the South Dublin County Council should initiate a civic pride week event that could be turned into a festive occasion and be held annually in spring. This event would include sports, community gardening, street clean-ups and musical activities.
That this council condemns the use of Gateway, Job Bridge, and other similar government "job activation" schemes as they endanger council jobs.