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That this Area Committee strongly support the building of a footpath in Saggart to Millbrook Nursing Home and request SDCC progress this urgently due to urgent health and safety issues.
That the Manager give an update report on the works needed to be done on the flooding problem at the pedestrian school crossing at Ballyroan Crescent D.16. There is a short time zone from when the schools close this summer until they open at the end of August when work can be done.
That the elected members of this council express their solidarity with the workers at the National Ambulance Service who have been on strike due to the failure of the HSE to implement a 2020 report on improved pay scales reflecting the increased workload and responsibilities of frontline workers, and that a letter be issued to the Minister for Health and the HSE calling on them to immediately implement the recommendations of the report.
RAISING OF HOUSING LOANS - FOR APPROVAL
That this Area Committee support Cherrywood Residents Association who would like to make a flower display with 5 flower pots (attached drawings), and as SDCC has their own metal fabrication section in Deansrath depot we ask could they make it so that it can be assembled and disassembled depending on season. They have flower pots already; they are 48cm in diameter.
To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the implementation of motion 9 from March 2025 full council meeting on housing for those leaving domestic violence refuges and if any funding is required in next years budget to ensure its implementation.
That this Area Committee request SDCC write to the ESB requesting they clearly identify ALL of their utility boxes on the following roads:
1. Boot Road from N7 junction to centre of Clondalkin village.
2. Fonthill Road from Newlands Cross to Boot Road junction.
3. Old Nangor Rd from Tower Rd to the junction of Fonthill Rd.
4. Ninth Lock Road from Cappaghmore Est to SDCC offices.
5. Orchard Road, Main St, Tower Rd.
6. New Road from The Laurels pub to the junction of Calbeck Way and Fonthill Rd.
7. Monastery Road from Main St to the roundabout at the entrance to LUAS station.
Reasoning for above - ESB do not want their boxes 'painted' etc. without their permission.
To ask the Chief Executive what data the Council holds on levels of poverty and deprivation among its social housing tenants, including tenants under HAP and Ras arrangements and whether the Council has considered this data in the drafting of the Differential Rent Scheme.
To ask the Chief Executive to report on what steps the Council has taken to implement motion 4 passed in February 2026, which called for a consultation with tenants, tenants unions and organisations with expertise in poverty prior to the drafting of any new Differential Rent Scheme, to include the dates of any consultation held, the organisations involved and any submissions received.
That this Council calls on the Government to abolish the Universal Social Charge (USC) in Budget 2027 recognising that it was introduced as a temporary emergency measure during the financial crisis and that workers and families continue to face significant cost-of-living pressures.
FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCY ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH S.19 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001 FOLLOWING THE RESIGNATION OF COUNCILLOR N. FENNELL - FOR APPROVAL
That this Area Committee requests SDCC Libraries consider getting SLTs to run the Family LAMH Course.
That this Area Committee requests SDCC meet with Clondalkin Drama Group with the aim to assist them in their urgent need for rehearsal and performance space.
(i) Reply from HSE re Item 90558 March 2026 LPNC ACM
(ii) Reply from Waterways Ireland re Item 90563 March 2026 LPNC ACM
To ask the Chief Executive if SDCC has authorised officers with statutory powers under the Animal Health & Welfare Act 2013 which would permit animals to be seized on welfare grounds?
Proposed Strategic Infrastructure Development Application – Mental Health Hospital, St. Edmundsbury, Lucan
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on horse seizures, including the number of horses seized this year and details of the contractor carrying out this work on behalf of SDCC.
To ask the Chief Executive to outline what the cost was to SDCC for 2025 to board up and secure vacant council homes?
That the Chief Executive upgrade the bus stop 2207 outside Palmerstown Manor on the Kennelsfort Road to provide a paved area long enough for a bus. Because of the back door exit on all new buses people have to walk on the grass and mud.
Emerging Talent Bursary 2026