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To ask the Manager to provide an update on the "walk-or-cycle-to-school" / "walk-or-cycle-to-college" initiative proposed by this Councillor at the June 2011 Council meeting and passed by the Council (M11/0611); to detail all work done in progressing this initiative in the last nine months, and to make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager for a report on the payment of the Household Charge in the County on an Area Committee basis,and in particular, what percentage of householders have paid it to date?
To ask the Manager for a report on the number and percentages of persons on the unemployment register in this County on an Area Committee basis for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011 and currently?
To ask the Manager for a progress report on the operation of the fishing facility in Corkagh Park to include the opening days and hours winter and summer, number of patrons in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and if the Manager would comment on the facility?
To ask the Manager for a report on the level of maintenance of the M50 between the County Boundary with Fingal County and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County and in particular on the maintenance of the boundary fence and if she is aware of attempts to burn the fence at Palmers Manor and if other areas have been similarly targeted and what options are open to this County to protect nearby residential areas from such acts of vandalism and what resource residents may have, given that the Motorway is not being maintained by the Council, to protect and defend their rights?
To ask the Manager for a report on the planned maintenance (for 2012 with the allocation) of the median (where it exists) and the grass margins on the National and Local Primary and Secondary Roads and the cost of this work in 2009, 2010 and 2011?
To ask the Manager if she will provide an up to date report on the implementation of the two Projects started in 2010 under the Mayor's Initiative, ie the Balgaddy Project and the MacUiliam Estate Project in Tallaght?
To ask the Manager if she will provide information on the level of the Commercial Rate, ie the multiplier factor, in each of the following years - 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012?
To ask the Manager if she will provide a report on the Council's plan to set up a Biodiversity Forum?
That this Council requests that the Manager write to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government asking that he fundamentally review and revise the current Household Charge so as to (a) make it more possible for those who respect and obey the laws of the land to comply with it (b) to include a realistic waiver system that will address the plight of those who find payment in the current climate a hardship (c) provide an amnesty and extended closing date for payment without penalty for those who have not paid before the fixed date (31.3.12), (d) extend the method of payment to include “over the counter” in Post Offices and (e) guarantee that funds raised locally through the charge will be spent locally, i.e. will be allocated in their entirety to the relevant Local Authority for its use.
That this Council calls on the Manager not to avail of the powers given to this Council under section 14 of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 which provides access to information held by utility Companies for the purpose of identifying potential liability to the household charge.
That this Council is disappointed at the failure of the present and previous Government to publish a national Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, as promised by Government as long ago as 2007 and requests the Manager to convey this view to the Minister for the Environment and Local Government and urge him to publish the Adaptation Strategy at an early date.
That this council discuss with the aid of a report the impact of the public lighting overspend for 2011, the likely underforecast in the 2012 budget and the impact this will have for the overall 2012 budget spend.
Given the precident set by the passing of motion 11 at the November 2010 Rathfarnham Area Committee, that the Manager confirm that it is possible to amend the Control of Parking Bye Laws 2010 in accordance with the passing of motion 20 at the March Lucan Area Committee Meeting and report on how to amend these regulations.
That the Manager presents a detailed breakdown of the costs of Consultants (€250,000) and the legal costs (€150,000) incurred as part of the Council's sale of the bin service; to justify these costs; and to provide a comprehensive report on why consultants were engaged and to explain the role of the Council's Law Agent in the sale process
That the Manager give a report on the Litter Bins in the County detailing how many there are and if collecters have experienced an upsurge in the dumping of domestic waste in or around them. Have any been removed or moved since the privatization of the Waste service last April?
That this council recommends that the proposed Sustainable Energy Action Plan should include a detailed multi-year plan for a phased approach (with clear & realistic targets) to incrementally increase the percentage of public lighting columns in the county using energy-saving technology.
That the Manager provide a County-wide analysis of the latest results of the census and advise as to how the findings of the 2011 Census are informing Council policy and decision making processes
That the manager present a report on the recently awarded contract (worth €600,000 for the supply of books to Dublin County Libraries detailed what company was awarded the contract and why an Irish Company failed to secure the contract resulting in the potential loss of jobs and money to the home economy