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Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. Kenny
Responsibility:
Donna Lakes

That this Committee request the Manager to identify a suitable location for a bottle bank site in the North Clondalkin area.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Coburn
Responsibility:
Bill Kearney

"That this Committee discuss with the aid of a report the replanting program for Westbourne Lodge along the perimeter fence with Ballyboden GAA club of shrubbery and spring bulbs. In addition for an update on the maintenance and safety management of the boundary fence."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Paul Hogan

To ask the Manager for a report on plans to extend 'green routes' in our County, including through parks?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Michelle Galvin, Tommy Kavanagh

To ask the Manager to provide an update on the provision of free municipal Wifi in Council facilities, parks, community centres and villages, as mandated in motions put forward by myself and others during this Council term, and to make a statement on the matter?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

That this Committee receives a report on the plans contained within the NTA Draft Cycle Network Plan for the Greater Dublin Area relevant to the area under its remit, including (i) existing routes, (ii) designed routes and (iii) future routes.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Helen Griffin, Mairead Hunt

To ask the Manager to provide a report on illegal dumping containing the following information (with the information expressed as a global figure for SDCC and broken down for each LEA);

- the number of reports of illegal dumping per year from 2010 to 2013
- the number of fines issued for illegal dumping per year from 2010 to 2013
- the total cost of collecting and disposing of illegal dumping per year from 2010 to 2013
- the total cost of all preventative measures taken by the council to reduce illegal dumping per year from 2010 to 2013?
Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Neil O'Byrne

"That this Area Committee request the Manager to present a report on engagement with the new owners of lands at St. Edmundsbury; request the Manager to continue to engage with the owners on the possible opening-up of access along the river Liffey, including through provision of 'permissive routes'; and further requests that the owners be invited to meet with this Committee."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Mick McCartan

To ask the Manager to provide a report on the 3,166 housing applicants who did not renew their housing application during this years Housing Needs Assessment including the following information:

- the efforts made by the Council to contact these applicants during the HNA process
- measures taken to ensure that those with restricted literacy  were not disadvantaged during the process
- the number of people who have contacted the Council since the conclusion of the HNA process concerned that they have been  removed from the list
- the number of people who have now been returned to the list 
- what additional measures the Council now intends to take to ensure that no person, through no fault of their own, will lose their place on the housing list following the HNA process?
Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Laura Leonard

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the transfer of responsibility for water and sewage provision from SDCC to Irish Water including the following information:

- a general overview of the issues, timescales and costs involved
- the detail of the SLA negotiations between the Council, the Department and Irish Water
- the impact for SDCC staff in terms of terms and conditions arising from the transfer
- the timescale and plan for the installation of water meters 
- any other information which the Manager may deem relevant?
Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Corr
Responsibility:
Helen Griffin

That the Manager explains/outlines how enforcement may take place under the Litter Pollution Act when a resident of a property fails to produce proof of disposal of waste and to consider targetting systematically areas within Tallaght that may be considered problematic in terms of dumping.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Mick McCartan

To ask the Manager for a report on the issue of housing related applications for medical priority involving the HSE Medical Officer including the following information (with the information expressed as a global figure for SDCC and with a breakdown for each LEA):

- the number of applications for medical priority per year from 2010 to 2013

- the number of applications for medical priority rejected by the medical officer per year from 2010 to 2013

- the number of rejected applications that relate to rare medical conditions & behavioural syndromes 

- the number of rejected applications eventually granted on review/appeal per year from 2010 to 2013?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill

To ask the Manager for a report on illegal bonfires at Halloween including the following information (with the information expressed as a global figure for SDCC and with a break down for each LEA):

- the total number of illegal bonfires per year from 2010 to 2013

 - the cost of the clean up operation arising from the bonfires from 2010 to 2013

- the number of reports of illegal bonfire wood received by SDCC in advance of Halloween in 2012 and 2013

- the number of these reports responded to and resulting in the removal of the bonfire wood

- the number of these reports not responded to and not resulting in the removal of the bonfire wood?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Willie Sheils

To ask the Manager for a report on efforts to secure funding for the four Community Safety Forum posts in the County and to provide an indication as to whether he believes funding will be made available for 2014 from Central or Local government sources?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Rosaleen Dwyer

To ask the Manager for an updated Report on the implementation of the South Dublin County Heritage Plan?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Rosaleen Dwyer

To ask the Manager for an updated Report on the implementation of the County Biodiversity Plan?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Breda Fogarty

To ask the Manager if he can advise (i) on the number of Planning Permissions granted by the Council in 2012 and (ii) the number of Planning Permissions granted in 2013 up to 21st Oct. 2013?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Tony Shanahan

To ask the Manager if he will advise on the number of Commencement Notices submitted to the Council to begin construction work on live Planning Permissions in 2012 and to-date in 2013?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Gerry Fitzgibbon

To ask the Manager if he will make a Report on the number of persons working with the Council at this time on the various Government initiated Job/Work Placement programmes (excluding TUS workers) and if he will give summary information on the types of work being undertaken by those on placements with the Council?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Elaine Leech

Mayors Business

That this Council calls on local people to support local jobs by shopping with local traders in the run up to Christmas, and asks that this call be publicised on the Council website and via its social networks

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Corr
Responsibility:
Philip Murphy

That this Council requires the Minister for Education to abandon plans to charge apprentices a pro-rata student contribution from 2014