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To ask the Manager to outline the process by which the selected route (once published) for the proposed upgraded N81 is written in to the County Development Plan and to explain what level of consultation there will be with members of the public, in particular residents living along the proposed route, and elected representatives?
Can the council state how many Housing Finance Agency loans they are presently adminstrating and what is average length of the loan in terms of years?
That this Committee calls on the Manager to report on progress made in relation to the delivery of the much needed and debated pedestrian crossing on Fortunestown Lane which will serve the residents of MacUilluim Estate.
To ask the Manager, is it envisaged that a similar number and type of Housing Maintenance requests will be dealt with this year as was delivered last year based on the similar budget that was passed by this Council last December and can the Manager make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager, further to the motion agreed at the April meeting regarding Weston Airport, to outline the steps have been taken since to engage with the Kildare County Manager, NAMA and relevant government departments as requested in the motion?
UPDATE ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY OLD NANGOR ROAD
To ask the Manager, further to the motion agreed at the January meeting, to report on the council’s review of outdated signage for capital construction projects and superfluous signage and other urban clutter in Architectural Conservation Areas?
To ask the Manager, in light of recent changes to the fire service, to confirm who is liable to pay a call-out fee in the event of a person reporting a fire in another property, and to make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager to report on how many households are in distress with a Local Authority Loan/Mortgage in the SDCC area; what proportion of the total loan book this applies to; what supports are offered to households in such distress; what, if any, legal actions have been taken by SDCC to date; and to make a statement on the matter?
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.