"To ask the Manager if she can provide a report on measures carried out by the Council to maintain (ie manage vegetation and remove litter and dumped material) the strip of land  between the footpath and the boundary of Hermitage Park Estate, Lucan, and the strip of land on the other side of the slipway road seving as exit off the N4 at the Foxhunter Public House?"

• Q. 22

REPORTS REQUESTED BY AREA COMMITTEES

(H5 no reports)

"To ask the Manager for a report on surface water drainage problems that have recently been experienced in Sarsfield Park Estate, Lucan, and to advise if the problems are associated with damaged gullies or are occuring as a result of recent footpath works which included dishing between renewed footpaths and the roadway?"

• Q. 5

"That this Committee is seriously disappointed by the apparent change of attitude by the Minister and Department of Social Welfare (as reflected in different responses in correspondence to SDCC on the  matter and a recent Parliamentary Question) about repeated proposals from the Council to provide an adequate Social Welfare Office in Lucan, and requests the Manager to write again to the Minister drawing her attention to the fact that over 4,300 Lucan EA residents are on the Live Register, that the existing SW Office is quite unsuitable, that the Lucan EA does not have a LES office, and asking the Minister to give these deficiencies in services for unemployed residents and the provision of improved facilities and services a higher priority, and to copy the correspondence to the Minister to the four Dublin Mid-West Dail Deputies."

• M. 17

"That the Manager would, in the context of reduced land prices and the more than adequate availability of residentially zoned land in the County, investigate opportunities of the Council or the State acquiring for public ownership additional land in the Liffey Valley area, in particular In Lucan and Palmerston, and that the Manager would convey to the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the view of this Committee that the Government should support the acquisition by the state/ South Dublin County Council of additional land in the Lucan/Palmerston part of the Liffey Valley?"

• M. 10

"To ask the Manager for an updated report on the programme of enhancement works undertaken at Lucan Weir?"

• Q. 18

Cathaoirleach's Business

"This Committee in commending and congratulating the organizers and communities of Palmerstown and Lucan for their Summer Festivals, acknowledges and appreciates also the support and role of this Council in helping make these festivals a success over the past few years, now requests Management to bring forward a strategy for discussion and adoption by this Committee at its September meeting, on how these festivals and the community spirit that inspired them can be built upon so that all residents of the Lucan Palmerston Area Committee can play an active and successful role in the planned “Gathering 2013” and that the opportunity be availed of to strengthen community ties and a sense of common identity amongst the people from so many different backgrounds that make up what is one of the newest, largest and most dynamic residential conglomerates in the EU."

• M. 19

"To ask the Manager for an updated report on footpath repair works which have been, or are soon due to be, carried out in and around Lucan Village?"

• Q. 6

"That the Manager will commit to further publicising the Grand Canal Green Route locally especially through the use of signage."

• M. 11

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Committee considers it most unsatisfactory that, as the law stands, a householder with a foul sewer manhole in his/her property is responsible for getting the households who “feed” into the same service to contribute to the (now very considerable) costs of having the system unblocked when sewerage backs up and perhaps overflows onto the property.  In the absence of Government action (I have had a number of motions passed writing to successive Ministers without success) this Committee now calls on Management to bring forward a report on the matter and suggestions on how the present system can be improved and updated so that it removes the burden (of collecting the maintenance costs) from individuals."

• M. 1

"That this Committee, NOTING both the recent substantial population change and the recent lack of capital investment in Lucan by the Community Services Department; FURTHER NOTING the repeated previous motions and requests submitted with respect to the need for additional community space in Lucan, in particular for indoor sports and recreational activities, REQUESTS the Manager to present a new approach to seeking provision of new indoor community space in Lucan."

• M. 20

"To ask the Manager what steps the Council is taking to improve the amenity value of the piece of waste ground behind the Shell Petrol Station on the "Old Lucan Road " Palmerston, and if she will make a statement on the matter?"

• Q. 7

"That this Committee would welcome the establishment of a regular Outdoor Market in the area of Lucan Village, selling a range of produce and goods including food, clothes, art craft items, etc., (along the lines of the Market which operated  for some time in the area in front of County Hall, Tallaght) and asks the Manager if she can outline the regulations/legislation regulating the operation of such markets."

"That this Committee requests the Manager to present a detailed report, for discussion, on the current ‘live’ planning applications applying to the unfinished and undeveloped between Tullyhall estate and the Adamstown link road; and to further outline what avenues are available to the council to seek to:

• Improve the residential amenity of those residents already living in the unfinished Tullyhall Mews development;
• Require reinstatement of demolished walls at the end of existing cul-de-sacs, in place of palisade fencing erected;
• Address ongoing concerns of trespassing, dumping and vermin on the undeveloped lands."

• M. 13

"That this Committee congratulates all for the successful delivery of the Ruaille Buaille Lucan music festival 2012."

"That the Manager to examine issues relating to access to the laneway to rear of houses at Woodfarm/Red Cow Cottages, in particular in the vicinity of the access road to the side of No. 1 Woodfarm Cottages and corner to the rear; including consultation with local residents on taking-in-charge of this laneway and side access road should it be required?"

• M. 14

"That the Manager provide an update on the installation of excercise equipment trails at Hermitage Park, Griffeen Valley Park and Waterstown Park."

• M. 26
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"That this Committee, further to the motion passed at the April County Council Meeting, requests the County Manager to seek to schedule a meeting with NAMA, to be attended by a delegation comprising the Manager and elected members, to discuss the future of Weston Airport." 

• M. 15

"That this Committee is of the view that the amenity value of Lucan Demesne can be improved and enhanced, and the use of the Demesne by residents of Lucan and visitors can be incresaed, if a relatively modest level of investment was made by the Council in the Demesne, including the provision of additional litter bins, park furniture including seats, dedicated cycling paths, and requests the Manager to ask the Parks Department to do an assessment of the possibility of a limited programme of parks enhancement works in the Demesne."

"That this Committee recommends the inclusion of Ballyowen Park and Waterstown Park as locations to be included in the Playground Programme which is being reviewed."