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"To ask the Manager to provide an update on progress undertaken in the Arboricultural Programme, and to make a statement on the matter?"
"To ask the Manager if he will arrange for an assessment of the risks of collisions for drivers, including those reversing from their drives at one end of Hillcrest Green,(address of one of the houses at this location supplied) where there is a small roundabout, risks that appear to be due to vehicles been driven at inappropriate speeds, at the junction of Hillcrest Drive, Hillcrest Green and Cherry Lawns, Lucan, and consider taking measures to reduce risk, including a Stop sign, or other signs including signs to warn drivers to slow down approaching the junction along Hillcrest Drive?"
"That this Area Committee: - Calls on Dublin Bus to address the problems arising from the regular occurrence of full 25 A/B bus services passing by the busy Willsbrook stop (No. 4633) without stopping; and the uncertainty and inconsistency regarding the additional injector services from Penny Hill; - Further requests that the additional injector services be placed on an established, timetabled basis; and - Invites Managers of Dublin Bus to meet with this Committee to discuss these matters further."
That a report be provided on the development of Carrigmore Park, outlining impediments to progress and confirming what action is being taken to resolve these issues.
John Hannon
"To ask the Manager to ensure the tree outside (details provided), included in the current Arboricultural Programme as well as previous ones, is removed as soon as possible. Details – tree outside *details provided*.
"That this Committee requests the Manager to provide a report to the Committee for debate on the remedial fire safety works at Foxford Court, Lucan, Co Dublin detailing the background to the case, when works will commence and conclude, the scope of the works, the full costs to all parties arising from these works, and what lessons can be learned from this case and policies and protocols developed to deal with similar issues should they arise elsewhere in the County in the future."
"That this Committee welcomes the Gateway Initiative as providing opportunities for unemployed people who want to gain genuine work experience with good employers. The Committee notes Gateway workers will receive not less than €208 per week in wages, and will receive the same statutory annual leave and public holiday entitlements as other Council employees. The Committee notes that the Council will be funded to recruit 215 Gateway employees, and that, in agreement with the Trades Unions involved, will be working as general operatives in Public Realm areas, on Village Enhancement Schemes, landscaping, tourism and sports promotion, libraries and business research. This Commiittee requests the Manager to allocate a fair proportion of the the 215 Gateway employees to work in the Lucan and Palmerston areas, and would welcome a statement from the Manager at this meeting indicating to members what projects, schemes, in the EA he is considering supporting with Gateway employees."
Cathaoirleach's Business
"That the Manager give a report on The Paddocks on how progress can be made in having the area brought to a standard that reflects the fact that this is a residential area where people are paying Property Tax and expect that the Local authority act on their behalf to make the area habitable."
"That the Manager responsible bring forward a progress report on holding the Palmerstown/Palmerston plebiscite."
Cathaoirleach's Business
"That the Manager bring forward a progress report on the replacement of trees on Kennelsfort Road which has been neglected now for several planting seasons and which has become an increasing eye-sore."
"That the Manager provide a report on the public consultation process regarding the proposed playspaces for Lucan and Palmerston."
"That this Area Committee: - Notes the concerns of parents of children enrolled in Kishogue Community College regarding the delays in the construction of the new school building and the planned use of temporary accommodation in Adamstown; - Further notes the concerns expressed by parents of children attending Adamstown Community College regarding issues of inconsistency and capacity affecting the morning Dublin Bus 25B service from Griffeen Avenue/Foxborough area to Adamstown; - CALLS on Dublin/Dun Laoghaire ETB to seek to put in place an effective school transport service from the Griffeen/Foxborough area to Adamstown to serve pupils attending both Adamstown Community College and the temporarily-located Kishogue Community College."
"That this Area Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report on the cleansing schedule for litter and dumping blackspots in the Lucan area previously identified by this Committee; as well as for parks in the Lucan area."
"That this Area Committee, further to discussion at the February meeting, requests the Manager to proceed to take-in-charge those open spaces at Ash Park estate which have been offered for transfer by the developer."
"That the Manager would make a report summarizing the Council's Strategy to address illegal dumping and litter in Lucan and Palmerston, giving account of recent work by the Litter Wardens and Cleansing Staff to combat littering and illegal dumping, including at identified black spots."
"That this Area Committee request the Manager to prepare a new masterplan for the future development of Griffeen Valley Park, south of the railway line."
"To compliment Council Staff for the quick response and the removal on a Sunday of a large number of tyres that had been dumped in a back lane in Palmerston and to ask once again if the laneways can be cleaned and kept clean as they are in a deplorable state."
Cathaoirleach's Business
"That, acting in the common good and on behalf of the citizens, the situation of the Laneways in Palmerston be examined with a view to finding a more cost effective, environmentally friendly and health and safety way of maintaining them that will allow them to be used for the sole purpose for which they were provided, i.e. as a means for adjoining residents to gain access and regress to their property; that the Law Department/Agent give a definitive explanation as to why, apparently, these laneways have to be treated as the same type of right-of-way as a public road when clearly they serve quite a different purpose and that this Committee requests Management to prepare a scheme whereby these lanes can only be used for the purpose for which they were designed and that intruders only determined to dump and engage in anti-social can be excluded."
"That this Committee would like to see substantial restoration work done on Liffey Bridge, Lucan, a structure of heritage value, not just for Lucan and the County, but nationally, and said to have been the longest single span bridge in Ireland. The restoration work should include restoration of the balustrades. The Committee requests the Manager to investigate, in the context of the Bridge's architectural and heritage importance to the Council, to investigate potential sources of funding for the works required, and if he will make a statement on the matter."
"That this Committee calls on the Manager to investigate the feasibilty of installing an additional pedestrian entrance/exit on Old Bawn way at Scoil Maelruain where Old Bawn Way meets Firhouse Rd West. Parents of students dropping puplis off at school in the mornings can't get back out as the stream of people going to the school is constant. That this be done in consulation with local residents".