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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Genockey
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

"To request the details of the Council’s plans to clean the green spaces around Tallaght that have been left with significant debris after illegal bonfires at Halloween. These green spaces are used by children in the areas to play and the debris has a huge impact on nearby houses who were not responsible for dumping these materials or for lighting the bonfires?"

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Brien
Responsibility:
David Fennell

"The Committee agrees that the Chief Executive should bring forward a report for discussion at the Committee on the growing problem of illegal dumping in the Lucan LEA; the report should include the volumes of illegal dumping; the staff resources involved in collecting illegal dumping; the financial cost of illegal dumping; the numbers of fines issued and prosecutions secured; options and ideas for tackling this growing problem in the time ahead.  The number of locations across the Lucan LEA in which CCTV has been installed for the purposes of combating illegal dumping, the cost of installing and operating of the systems, the impact on illegal dumping measured by prosecutions or reductions in level of dumping."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Hugh Hogan

"That this Committee calls on the Chief Executive Officer to proactively engage with the hospitality sector in the greater Tallaght area such as Hotels and B&B's with a view to temporarily housing some of our Homeless applicants who currently are housed in similar temporary accommodation on the North side of Dublin who then have to make long commutes very early every morning to bring their children to school here in Tallaght". 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

"To ask the Chief Executive Officer to report on how many bonfires took place in the Tallaght area this Halloween gone, how these figures compare to the last two years and how much are the clean up costs likely to be once completed?".

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

"That this Committee calls on the Chief Executive Officer to once again look at the urgent need for the provision of proper traffic calming such as ramps on Killinarden Hill from Hazelgrove Estate to Kiltalown Lane particularly given the fact that the new Scoil Cáitlín Maude school will be located nearby with a huge increase in traffic and children in the area".

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Bernie McCormack

To ask the Chief Executive to report on how many businesses have applied for the Business support grant to date, to state what this figure is as a percentage and to provide a copy of the letter sent to rate payers this year informing them of the grant?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor V. Casserly
Responsibility:
Michael Hannon

"That this Area Committee calls on the Chief Executive to present a report, for discussion, on the feasibiity of providing a community garden in Lucan in 2015."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Breda Fogarty

To ask the Chief Executive to report on the number of planning applications that have been submitted during 2014 and how many have been granted, to further state how these two figures compare to the last two years with a view to ascertaining the levels of activity within the Construction sector here in South Dublin?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Mary Maguire

To ask the Chief Executive how many bonfires were recorded throughout the County during the Halloween period this year, how do these figures compare to the last two years and what is the likely cost of the clean-up of same when completed?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Mary Maguire

That this Committee calls on the Chief Executive Officer to report on whether or not Irish Water has applied to SDCC to "break ground" anywhere in the Tallaght area to date, has any notification been given to SDCC that they intend to start the installation of water metres and has the Council been notified who the contractor might be such as Farrons, GMC Sierra etc".

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Duff
Responsibility:
Helen Griffin

That this Committee calls on the Chief Executive to ascertain from the owners of the vacant site on the Mayberry Road in Kilnamanagh, their intentions regarding any developement of the site and to demand that they address as a matter of urgency the overgrown condition of the site, as the overgrowth is now spilling on to the roadway.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Lahart
Responsibility:
Rosaleen Dwyer

That this Council undertakes a report in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Services concerning the escalation in urban fox numbers in residential areas of this county and presents a detailed report to this Council

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Lahart
Responsibility:
Rosaleen Dwyer

That this Council undertakes a report in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Services concerning the escalation in urban fox numbers in residential areas of this county and presents a detailed report to this Council

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Lahart
Responsibility:
Rosaleen Dwyer

That this Council undertakes a report in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Services concerning the escalation in urban fox numbers in residential areas of this county and presents a detailed report to this Council

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Brien
Responsibility:
Michael McAdam

That this Council support the Motion calling for the removal of fluoride in the public water supply.

Ireland is the only Country in Europe and one of two in the world to permit the use of fluoride in the public water supply.

Putting fluoride in our drinking water cost over €4,000,000 per year and this money would be better put to use in social house.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Devine
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

"To request traffic calming measures , as deemed appropriate, on the busy Mayberry Rd, Kilnamanagh?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Devine
Responsibility:
Brendan Curran

"To ask for an update on progress of  a safety barrier, as agreed, at the Kilnamanagh Stream adjacent to Ned Kelly Pk/M50?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Devine
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

"To ask the Chief Executive Officer for an update on Halloween illegal bonfires within this committees remit?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Lahart
Responsibility:
Brian Martin

To ask the Chief Executive, noting the Council's progression of social housing projects through the part 8 process and also noting the timescale of quarter 1 2015 for advancement of these projects, can he estimate when the first social houses will be on the ground in south Dublin county?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Brien
Responsibility:
Michael Hannon

"This Committee requests SDDC to agree a plan of work to restore the old grave yard on Mill Lane, Palmerston; the church, a listed monument and protected structure is a ruin and in danger of falling foul from decades of neglect and occasional vandalism if the Council cannot undertake this work we would ask if can be done by the OPW. With regards to my members rep on access to the site we ask it this can be done as a matter of urgency."