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To ask the Manager to provide a detailed report on how section 35 of the Planning & Development Act 2000 is applied by this planning authority with respect to applications by applicants who have previously failed to comply with the conditions of other planning permissions or enforcement notices?
To ask the Manager to report on this council’s procurement policy as it applies to purchases and contracts for less than €25,000 and ensuring that SME’s based in South Dublin County are invited to submit quotations?
To ask the Manager if this Council maintains a register of local SME’s for the purpose of inviting quotations for procurement and if so if the Council will share such register with other public bodies based in the county?
To ask the Manager to confirm the changes regarding the provision of the fire service in the South Dublin County area as a result of decisions made by Dublin City Council around charges for call-outs, and to make a statement on the matter?
To ask the Manager if any bicycle racks are provided at the entrances to our public parks and at what locations, and how many litter bins are provided at suitable locations at the entrance to our parks, and what locations and if there are any specially dedicated bins for dog poo?
To ask the Manager for an up-to-date report on the implementation of the policy on homelessness in this County, to include the number of people accommodated over the past three months, to include trends in recent and current demand, the ability of this Council to respond, plans for future development of the service and to highlight any issues that may have arisen since the new National Policy on the Provision of services for Homeless People was implemented?
An bhféadfadh leis an gComhairle ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar Athbhliain Shíneach a tharlóidh ar 23 Eanair 2012?
Would the Council be able to organise a celebration of the Chinese New Year on the 23rd January 2012?
RAISING OF LOANS FOR HOUSING PURPOSES FOR 2012
(circulated herewith)
That this Council considers a scheme of rates reduction for tenants who take up rental of vacant premises in particularly hard hit areas of the county
That this Council acknowledges and supports the many concerns of residents in South Dublin County in relation to the Emerging Preferred Route - N81 Hollywood Cross to Tallaght Rd. Improvement Scheme.
MAYOR'S BUSINESS
That the Manager would present a report regarding the provision of social housing for the disabled in the context of the recent review of the letting scheme. That the Manager would also include the feasibility of adaptations in private housing rented by council tenants, for example for the hearing impaired and deaf community.
That in light of the enhanced services provided by our libraries, and the fact that libraries are no longer for the sole purpose of lending books, the Council considers the merit of naming the new Ballyroan Library as Ballyroan Library and Media Centre and considers a similar name change for the County Library
That this Council, in managing reduced budgets, should make every effort to maintain public areas of the County to an acceptable standard. Elected members are very concerned at the way in which the Median on the N4, Tallaght Bye Pass, to name but a few areas, have been left unattended and allowed to deteriorate. Given the national commitment to promote Tourism, neglect of the public domain is counter-productive.
That this Council calls on the Minister for Transport to direct unused funding paid by taxi drivers to the former Taxi Regulator towards the provision of security measures such as CCTV and security lighting in the interest of public and driver safety nationally.
That in view of the failure of the Keane Report to adequately address the difficulties being experienced by distressed Mortgage holders in a reasonable timeframe, South Dublin County Council calls on the Government and the Minister for finance to examine and implement without delay other solutions that would have a more immediate impact in helping resolve these distressed mortgage holders and furthermore to examine the solutions put forward by the New Beginnings Group.
To ask the Manager to outline the regulations governing the recycling of used newspapers / magazines etc. and the obligations, if any, that are incumbent on all such publications to take responsibility for recycling their product?
To ask the Manager how many notifications have been issued by SDCC's Water Dept. regarding leaks to the house side water valve. And how many have been issued to date?
REPORT ON PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCEDURES UNDER PART 8 OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS 2001 - CHERRYFIELD TRAVELLER SPECIFIC ACCOMMODATION
(circulated herewith)
That this council writes to the Minister of Justice, requesting that his office undertakes to do a feasibility study on having privately run prisons.
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