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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Devine
Responsibility:
Mick McCartan

To ask the Manager if, in the case of a tenant being offered work / study abroad for a specific period, there are protections for that tenancy?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Coburn
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

"That this Committee discuss with the aid of a report the management of the Pay & Display system in Rathfarnham Village by APOCA, highlighting the recent concerns raised by the traders of Rathfarnham village."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Coburn
Responsibility:
Michael Hannon

"That this Committee discuss with the aid of a report the status of the pedestrian bridge linking Prospect Manor and the Edmonstown Road and the planned next steps to restore access from Prospect Manor to the Edmonstown Road."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A-M. Dermody
Responsibility:
Michael Hannon

"That the Manager provide a comprehensive update as to the progress made since the last meeting with regard to the remedial works and reopening of an access point leading from Prospect Manor to Edmondstown Road."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Conor Lehane

To ask the Manager to provide a detailed report on this council’s implementation of the Croke Park Agreement?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

To ask the Manager to provide a detailed update on Dublin Fire Brigade’s ongoing risk-based analysis of its area of operations?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Maria O'Neill

To ask the Manager if the first instalment of the Higher Education Grants for the 2012-13 Academic Year have been paid; to ask if there have been delays and if so, to state the reasons; and to make a statement on the provision of grants in general for students based in South Dublin?

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

To ask the Manager to clarify the amount spent on installing signage featuring the letter "L" and the road designation on local roads in the County for 2012; to ask if it is deemed necessary that such signage be erected; to ask if it intended to continue to erect these signs into 2013; and to make a statement on the matter?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Yvonne Dervan

To ask the Manager to report on the status of all sites included on the Derelict Sites Register within South Dublin over the past 12 months, including details as to the ownership, the date entered, the role of the Council in each case, details of any levies paid, details of any impending or previously-taken court cases (legal issues on information provision notwithstanding), and the Council's understanding as to future proposals for each site; to ask the Manager if it is Council policy to inform all Councillors of changes to the derelict sites register, including removal and addition; and to make a statement on the matter?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. Looney
Responsibility:
Yvonne Dervan

To ask the Manager to provide electoral area level statistics for the numbers of trees pruned and removed in the 2011-12 Arboricultural Programme; to state if it is currently in the Council's plans for the 2013 Budget to maintain or increase the funding available for this vital work; to ask if the Manager believes there are particular areas of the County where tree pruning and/or removal is viewed as a particular priority; and to make a statement on the matter?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the naming of major roundabouts / intersections e.g. the M50/N81 and if any consideration has been given to naming major routes, e.g. the N4 Road, as it passes through the County as the “popular” name of “Lucan Road” is quite inaccurate and leads to an anomaly in relation to the existing Lucan Road?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Hugh Hogan

To ask the Manager for an up to date report on the provision of Traveller Accommodation to include:

(a)  Number of Traveller families on waiting list, and for how long

(b)  Number of Traveller families in private rented accommodation

(c)  Number of Traveller Specific Accommodation Units currently vacant

And to make a statement on the matter?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Larry Kelly

To ask the Manager for a report on the number of households, in relation to the 2012 Household Charge:

(a)   Are entitled to a Waiver

(b)   Have paid to date

(c)   Have yet to pay

And to make a statement on the matter including the effects if any on Council Services?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Larry Kelly

To ask the Manager for an update on the percentage of households in the County which have registered for and paid the 2012 Household Charge to date?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Larry Kelly

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the amount by which the Council's allocation from the Local Government Fund for 2012 has been reduced to date as result of the rate of payment by households in the County of the 2012 Household Charge?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Mary Hayes

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the Window Replacement Programme in 2012, including information on the number, by Electoral Area, of Council houses / flats which have had work completed, or begun, in 2012?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Brian Martin, Mary Maguire

To ask the Manager for a report on the extent of arrears of greater than 90 days amongst Mortgage Holders with loans from SDCC, and if she will outline the approach taken by the Council to work with and assist families who are in arrears?

Correspondence
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
Community Directorate

Ministerial

Letter, dated 24th October 2012, from Minister for Environment in reply to SDCC's motion regarding proposed merger of CPLN & DVP (M21/1012)

Correspondence
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
Community Directorate

(i)  Letter, dated 26th October 2012, from Roughan & O'Donovan, NRA reps., regarding SDCC's motion passed in relation to M50 Landscaping (M18/1012)

(ii) Letter, dated 31st October 2012, from NRA regarding same.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor W. Lavelle
Responsibility:
Frank Nevin

That this Council commends the ongoing programme of ‘Strategic Support towards Business Development and Survival’; and recommends that this council intensify its efforts to more aggressively brand and promote South Dublin County as an attractive location for foreign-direct investment (noting similar strategies by other local authorities), in particular aimed at targeted sectors including in the area of digital services, as set-down in objective 3 of the business support agenda.