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FILLING OF VACANCY ON THE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY & CITY COUNCILS FOLLOWING RESIGNATION OF COUNCILLOR C. KING FROM THE ACCC (COUNCILLOR M. DEVINE)
(circulated herewith)
FILLING OF 2 VACANCIES ON THE H.S.E. DUBLIN MID-LEINSTER FORUM FOLLOWING RESIGNATION OF COUNCILLORS C. KING & T. DELANEY FROM THE FORUM (COUNCILLORS McDONAGH & TUFFY)
(circulated herewith)
That this Council calls on the Government to introduce a wealth tax as part of Budget 2013.
That this Council outline what justifications there can be for the reluctance of this Council not to permit advertising on the roundabouts within the County, in circumstances where this Council have hitherto fore accepted and provided advertising at these same roundabouts in previous years and where there are businesses willing to pay for such a service. Reasons given to date include health and safety concerns, disinterest by businesses and that the revenue gathered fails to justify the effort.
Please explain what additional health and safety issues arise that would not ordinarily arise in the general up-keeping and maintenance of our roundabouts. Please explain what possible justification there can be for this Council refusing revenue in a climate of reduced revenue sources. There needs to be a joined up approach in supporting local businesses, these are the same businesses that provide local jobs and pay revenue to this Council in the form of rates.
Mayors Business
That this Council develops a smart phone app that maps mental health services within the County. This could be done using location services or could be based on the simpler format of the recently succesfully launched "Art Trax" app which would simply list and describe the services in each town of the County.
Mayor's Business
That this Council calls for the immediate release of Marion Price and Martin Corey. Everyone is entitled to due process. Both Martin Corey and Marion Price have been denied this. Their continued detention without trial is an infringement of their human rights and clearly undermines the justice system which imprisons them. Their continued imprisonment is unjust and is in defiance of rulings by the courts in both cases. Both have been granted bail by the courts and yet remain in prison.
That this Council congratulates members of the Tidy Towns Committees across the County on their fantastic efforts in this year’s competition and acknowledges the hard work of the Council staff, including Máire Ní Dhomhnaill and her team, who supported and encouraged these groups.
That this Council calls on the Government to introduce a wealth tax as part of Budget 2013.
Given the proliferation of the noxious weed "RAGWORTH" on the verges and medians of roads across the County, e.g. the N4 at Palmerston, the Coldcut, the N81, (and that it is illegal not to eradicate it) and as the unkept state of many of these road verges is a source of frustration and blight on the efforts of local communities who do their best and work towards the objectives of "Beautiful South Dublin" that Council Management bring forward realistic proposals for implementation on a phased basis begining in 2013, for low maintenance, cost effective and environmentally friendly verges and medians. .
That this Council outline what justifications there can be for the reluctance of this Council not to permit advertising on the roundabouts within the County, in circumstances where this Council have hitherto fore accepted and provided advertising at these same roundabouts in previous years and where there are businesses willing to pay for such a service. Reasons given to date include health and safety concerns, disinterest by businesses and that the revenue gathered fails to justify the effort.
Please explain what additional health and safety issues arise that would not ordinarily arise in the general up-keeping and maintenance of our roundabouts. Please explain what possible justification there can be for this Council refusing revenue in a climate of reduced revenue sources. There needs to be a joined up approach in supporting local businesses, these are the same businesses that provide local jobs and pay revenue to this Council in the form of rates.
That the Manager present a report outlining what events are being considered or planned for public parks and open spaces between now and Christmas.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Transport, Minister of State for Public Transport and National Transport Authority to commission an independent value-for-money assessment of the potential to reopen the Phoenix Park rail tunnel, to take a limited number of commuter trains from the Kildare Line to the City Centre/Docklands and to link with the Broombridge terminus of the planned Luas BXD line which was recently granted permission by an Bord Pleanala?
"To ask the Manager to have the trees outside house 35 The Crescent, Boden Park included in the tree removal program?"
"To ask the Manager for a follow up as to what was agreed at a Traffic Correspondence Meeting of the Council on the 9th of August 2012 wherein it was agreed to replace the current keep clear box with a yellow box at the junction of Rathfarnham Shopping Centre and Butterfield Avenue. Please outline a timeline for the completion of this work?"
"To ask the Manager to have the Parks Department investigate what can be done with the infestation of rats at Rathfarnham Castle Park?"
Cathaoirleach's Business
"That the Manager review the replacement of existing front room windows with Patio doors at the Palmer Park Flats refurbishment. It is believed this would cause fear to the residents."
"That the Manager to confirm that status of an application for permission by the owners/occupiers of Rathfarnham Shopping Centre to revamp/alter/develop the Centre and to ask that the Manager to notify as soon as received details of such an appliction to the Councillors in the Rathfarnham ward. This motion/question is posed in circumstances where it was reported in the national papers that an application to this Council is/will shortly be made."
Thanks to the enthusiasm and dedication of council staff, the social credits scheme is proving very successful, as is the assistance given to Tidy Towns groups in the county. To ask the Manager can we be assured that these initiatives will be adequately funded so that they can respond to the requests of community groups for materials such as bags, gloves, pickers, hi vis jackets etc.?
Cathaoirleach's Business
"That the Manager intervene in the dispute between Pearse Bros Athletic Club and Ballyboden GAA over use of Cherryfield facilities. Pearse Bros Athletic Club are being told they cannot use the Cherryfield facilities."