“To ask the Manager what is the latest position on the re-configuring of the Greenhills Road, if works are due to start on that section of the new road closest to Birchview Avenue in Kilnamanagh in 2009, and if he will make a statement on the matter?”

• Q. 6

To compliment the Manger for the work that is being done to make Waterstown Park available to the public and to ask for a firm date for completion of the car park, entrance and other works that will help make this wonderful amenity available to the people of Palmerstown and the wider community?  It is now over thirty years since this park came into public ownership and it has lagged behind other parks in terms of availability to the community and consequently has been taken over mostly by individuals who engage in anti-social type of activity.

• Q.11

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the actions taken by the Council to address the matters raised by the representative of Sarsfield Park Residents Association at the Deputation meeting last October?

• Q.5

That this Council liaises with the H.S.E. with regard to the senior citizens facility at the Kelland Homes property in Clondalkin Village and that the impasse regarding staffing etc. be discussed with a view to having the facility run on a part time basis rather than leave the facility unused.

To ask the Manager to arrange in good time for trained staff to be assigned to the N4 from the County/City Boundary at Palmerstown to the County Boundary at Leixlip so that the grass verges and median of this artery is maintained in 2009 to the same standard as other national routes that pass through the County?  Also, that the area between the Boundary and the Oval be upgraded as benefits a gateway to this County and that the former roadway, now a pedestrian and cycleway, between Palmerstown and Chapelizod be restored to a satisfactory standard as at present it is a severe hazard during wet weather?  Can the Manager also include in his answer the status of the barriers and gates erected to the rear of Palmerstown Service Station and between it and Stewards Hospital and to indicate who is responsible should a pedestrian or cyclist be injured while negotiating this right of way?

• Q 6

To ask the Manger to give some indication of any plans that are in train to provide a children's play area in Palmerstown?  Can the Manager report in particular on what became of the proposal of a few years back to put one at Glenaulin Park/Gaels field which would be overlooked by houses in Glenaulin Green Estate (which was promised in lieu of open space in Glenaulin Green Estate and which was the subject of a levy at the time) and which would fit in well now with the recent provision of  St Patrick's Pavilion and the soon to be developed Palmerstown United changing facilities and the general improvements that the Parks Department (please pass on congratulations to them) have made to Glenaulin Park over the years and which in addition to providing such a necessary facility for children, would bring more people into the park and help eliminate unsocial activities?

• Q. 12

• M 21

That this Committee requests the Manager to write to the Department of Social and Family Affairs to propose that, as there are now 3000 Lucan residents signing on the Live Register, over half of whom have become unemployed or failed to find employment in the last 12 months, the Department allocates additional staff to the Lucan Social Welfare Office, seeks  more suitable accommodation to serve as a Social Welfare Office in Lucan, and immediately take action to provide a Local Employment Service in Lucan, and that the Manager offers accommodation , at a commercial rent, for  a Lucan LES office in Ballyowen Castle Community Centre.   

• M 9

Cathaoirleach's Business

This Committee request that the Newcastle Cemetery be included as a Designated Casual Trading Site. A number of local residents have reported to me that the inclusion of the Cemetery at Newcastle as a Designated Casual Trading Site would be of great local benefit particularly by way of sale of flowers for those residents visiting the graves of loved ones. In addition at a time of spiraling unemployment this would offer the opportunity to a person to gain casual employment. This Committee now requests the Manager to commence the process to have the Cemetery at Newcastle included as a Designated Casual Trading Site.

• M 1

That this Committee is seriously concerned and alarmed at the refusal of the Department of Education and Science to give approval for the urgently needed second level school in Lucan, and believes that an investment at this time would greatly alleviate the worry and concerns felt by parents and provide much needed employment in a community already experiencing the effects of rampant job losses and to ask that the Manager to write to the Minister for Education and Science urging that he re-examine the strong case made by the community, reverse the decision and approve the long awaited school.

To ask the Manager if the Parks Department will co-operate with the Residents Association of Griffeen Glen Estate, Lucan in providing engraved granite stones for the entrances to the estate?

• Q.18

That this Committee notes that almost €20 million was expended by the Council in providing a QBC/Bus Lanes on the Outer Ring Road, is concerned about the difficulties experienced by Lucan residents in accessing by public transport Council facilities and services in Clondalkin and Tallaght, including the Rua/Red Arts Centre, Civic Theatre, The Big Picture, Tallaght Stadium, and other South Dublin organisations such as IT Tallaght and Tallaght(AMNCH) Hospital, and requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Transport and Dublin Bus requesting immediate action on the provision of Bus Services from Lucan to Tallaght. 

To ask the Manager if he will investigate the possibility of producing a leaflet for distribution to households, environmental groups, and residents association in the Lucan and Palmerstown Electoral Areas which would provide advice and guidance on how planting in house gardens, estate green spaces can be used to promote bio-diversity, in particular of birds, butterflies etc.?

• Q. 19

Provision of Lighting in Public Parks

• H-I (9)

Cathaoirleach's Business

That this Committee requests South Dublin County Council to support Lucan Sarsfield's GAA in its efforts to provide All-Weather Playing Facilities at its grounds at 12th Lock, Lucan, following the club's disappointments at not securing All-Weather Playing Facilities at the Grange Lands, Lucan after four years of voluntary efforts. In particular would the Manager commit to supporting Lucan Sarsfield GAA in the appropriate way in having the already-granted Lotto Funding of Euro 250,000 for All-Weather Playing Facilities, transferred from the Grange Lands, Lucan, to Lucan Sarsfield's own grounds at the 12th Lock, Lucan.

• M. 13

Cathaoirleach's Business

(None received)

"That this Committee, concerned at the recent flooding at the entrance to Raheen/ Whitebrook Estates in Tallaght and  the obvious inconvenience and difficulties that this recurring problem is having on passing motorists and local residents, notes the confusion on where responsibility lies in either Roads or Drainage, and calls on the Manager to investigate, give an updated report and ultimately take measures to resolve this problem at this particular location."

• M.6

Report on Public Notification Procedure Under Part 8 of the Planning & Development Regulations 2001-2007 for the proposed construction of an infill housing project on lands at St Mark’s, St Mark’s Estate, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

• H-I 6

That this Committee demands a complete roll out of the brown bin in the Clondalkin area at the earliest possible convenience.

• M.4

That the Manager presents all the safety certificates as per requirements for the Corkagh Fisheries.  Have all the management received Garda clearance as a safety measure in order to work with children?

• M.16