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To ask the Manager to outline efforts being made to ensure the safety of people using the Council's Parks throughout the Tallaght region and will he make a statement.
To ask the Manager to confirm the various community contacts he has made in respect of the new CCTV System in Tallaght. Will he give an update on the operational status on the Project and will he make a statement.
To ask the Manager if he will hold discussions with the Department of Justice and other interested bodies to pursue the potential of the Tallaght Garda Station Site and in reporting will he appreciate the need to improve those facilities and to allow an increase of Garda manpower at Tallaght and will he also publish the latest update on the development of the Project.
To compliment the Council staff and especially the Litter Warden for their ongoing efforts to eliminate or reduce the graffiti across the territory of this area committee and to ask that the litter bins I requested (and were to be installed) in the Palmerstown area be put in place as quickly as possible? It is unreasonable to expect local residents to have to pick up litter strewn outside their premises when there are no litter bins within a reasonable walking distance where people can deposit their litter.
To ask the Manager to give a firm date for completion of the car park, entrance and other works at Waterstown Park 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 parts in terms of availability to the community and consequently has been taken over mostly by individuals who engage in anti-social type of activity.
To ask the Manager if he can provide a schedule for the roll out of the new chip system to the remaining areas and estates in Lucan and Palmerstown?
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the allocation of social housing units in Adamstown?
To ask the Manager if he will make a report on works carried out in 2008 under the Parks Works Programme, including a list of ongoing and completed works?
Cathaoirleach's Business.
That this Committee expresses in the strongest possible terms its outrage with this Government for reneging on its promise to provide funding for the Lucan Swimming Pool, incorporated in the new Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre. This is a facility that I and the Lucan community have identified many years ago, as required to enhance the quality of life of the people of Lucan and their families.
Cathaoirleach's Business
That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on his proposals to introduce public lighting in our parks, particularly parks used by residents for pedestrian access, especially at night time. I specifically refer to Hermitage Park, Lucan, adjacent to Hermitage Park Estate and Ballyowen Park Estate, where a resident from the general area specifically identified the lack of public lighting as presenting a difficulty for him when he was confronted and badly beaten by his attackers very recently while on his way home from work, between the bus stop and his home before 6.30pm one evening.
"To ask the Manager to replant/upgrade the area at the entrance to Woodfield Estate - and also the green area on right hand side adjacent to nos. 1-9 Woodfield?"
That this Committee appreciates the programme of works being carried out by the Parks Department in Waterstown Park, Palmerstown and requests the Manager to provide an updated report on the works, including information on when it is anticipated the works will be completed and the arrangements being made for the patrolling of the Park by Park Rangers.
That this Committee requests the Manager responsible to fill in the ditch at Palmerstown Court as previously agreed following my repeated representations and without delay as it is a focus for anti-social behaviour and is a source of great annoyance and worry to local residents.
That this Council will endeavor to liaise with tenants and their representatives in relation to rent arrears and the possibility of evictions and to liaise with elected representatives on the Council as to the current situation in which we receive an email with the treat of evictions only to be notified that arrangements have been made at the 11th hour with the tenant. Also to complete an exhausted procedure where face to face meetings are attended by representatives of the tenant and a health cert be acquired to same and that court cases be a very last resort before eviction. Can a monetary committee be set be set up to identify tenant's entering serious arrears?
Lack of Signage at the Entrance to Balrothery Estate
That this Committee expresses in the strongest possible terms its outrage with the Council for reneging on its promise to provide funding for the Lucan Swimming Pool out of its own resources, given the verbal commitment given to the late Green Party Cllr Fintan McCarthy at the end of the Water Leisure Strategy meeting, as outlined on May 24th 2006 under 'swimming pool success' on the www.swimlucan.com website and reported in the Lucan Gazette at the time; given that this commitment was also confirmed in writing by the Council in response to a motion tabled by our ubiquitous colleague Cllr Derek Keating on the 10th of July 2006, as minuted in the official records; given that the Council failed to apply in a timely fashion when national funding was available, given that the Green Party ensured that this pool at the Sports and Leisure Centre at Griffeen Park is an objective (No. 21) in the County Development Plan; and calls on the Manager to stick to its original plan and schedule irrespective of whether or not the Swimming Pool Programme reopens.
That the Manager would provide a report on measures being implemented by the Council to combat anti-social behaviour and support the security of users and residents in parks in the Lucan area, including Hermitage Park, Ballyowen Park, Willsbrook Park and Griffeen Valley Park.
That this Committee requests the Manager to bring forward a practical plan of action for the provision of a Library/Digital Hub in Palmerstown as this project has been next on the list after Lucan yet, has been overtaken by the expansion of the County Library at Tallaght. The recent report on the needs of older people in North Clondalkin, sponsored by this Council, highlighted the fact that the number one priority for Palmerstown is a Library and this Library was promised to the community as a condition of the rezoning of the land (where the shopping centre now stands) from amenity to residential/shopping during the early 1980s.
That the old Palmerstown Cemetery, Mill Lane, be restored and maintained as it has seriously become overgrown and the focus of anti-social activities which is scandalous given the historic and heritage significance of this religious settlement and burial ground.
That this Committee repeats its call on the Government to provide specific funding to finance the operation of the Dual Purpose Sports Complexes in the County, including the Complexes at Collinstown Park and Palmerstown, at a level which will ensure that the Complexes are open to the full extent to meet demands of community organisations, sports clubs, individuals and other groups, and requests the Manager to provide an updated report on consultation with Government Ministers or Ministers of State on the matter.