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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Jim Walsh (Development Business)

To ask the Manager to present an update to the Council on his proposals  to assist Job Creation in the County?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Martina OBrien

To ask the Manager to outline to the Council his proposals to take effective action in respect of Anti Social Behaviour in the Council's Housing Estates?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Jim Walsh (Development Business), John Browne, Mary Kelly - Corporate Services

To ask the Manager to report to the Council on his ongoing efforts to attract tourists to South Dublin County?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

To ask the Manager to report to the Council actions he proposes to minimise inconvenience householders throughout the County in respect of scheduled Bin Collections on Bank Holiday Weekends?

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
Mary Maguire

HIGHER EDUCATION  GRANTS SCHEME 2009 – Approval in Principle.

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
Mary Maguire

APPOINTMENTS TO STATUTORY AND OTHER BODIES

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Tuffy
Responsibility:
Clodagh Henehan

That this Council affirms its determination to achieve fair treatment by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the allocation of finance from the Local Government Fund, requests the Manger to prepare a submission to the Minister presenting the case for South Dublin County Council to be treated in the same way as similar local authorities, including those in the greater Dublin Region, and to seek a meeting between the Manager and the Mayor, and the Minister, before preparatory work on the 2010 Council budget.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Stephen Deegan

"To ask the Manager to respond to complaints made on Whitehall Road, Kimmage, Dublin 12 regarding the use of the green at the entry to Priory Walk at what would seem to be a depot for Council machinery and does he agree that this practice should discontinue?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

"To ask the Manager to consider the installation of pedestrian lights at the St. Mark's Community School in Springfield Tallaght?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Jim Kilgarriff, Mary Keenan

"To ask the County Manager what plans the Council has in place for the enhancement of the Cherryfield/ Beechfield Park and would he comment  in particular upon  the following matters:

1. the now 35 year vacant playground which has been a wasteground .

2. the Basketball Court which is unused and neglected and poorly delineated .

3. the Changing Rooms pavillion which has been constantly vandalised with graffiti.

Would the Manager consider the installment of  palisade fencing to secure all of these facilities  (similar to the Walkinstown Resident Association site at Bunting Road nearby) with the provision of some form of  Landscaping around it.

4. Would the Manager consider the provision of an additional park bench.

5. Would the Manager instruct Council staff to inform all teams that use the facilities of the park to voluntarily remove all plastic/drink containers and cans and other litter from the park after their use of same."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Rachel Nolan

"To ask the Manager what the current positions are regarding the derelict old Mc Hugh shopping site at St. James Road, Greenhills, Dublin 12 and at the Burmah Oil garage at Willington in Templeogue and what measures are proposed to pursue resolutions to both these unsightly sites ?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Bill Kearney

"To ask the County Manager for the provision of additional seating at the Ballymount Park at Kingswood Heights?"

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Frank Coffey, Caitriona Lambert, Aoileann Nic Dhonnacha

Ceist don Bhainisteoir Chontae:

An bhféadfadh a oifig dul i dteagmháil le hOifigeach Ghaeilge na Comhairle maidir leis an litriú , an Ghramadach agus na haistriúcháin mhícheart atá ar chomharthaíocht bhóithre an Chontae, i nGaeilge agus fiú i mBéarla,  agus go gcinnteoidh sé nó sí go mbeidh iniúchadh ar na ceartúcháin atá de dhíth go háirithe i dTamhlacht Lár Áit a bhfuil trí leagan i nGaeilge  do Shráidbhaile Thamhlachta ann, agus go gcríochnófar na ceartúcháin sin roimh dheireadh 2010 mar a ghealltar i " Scéim na Gaeilge" cápéis na Comhairle  ag fo-alt  3.7 ?

   

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

To ask the Manager to reconsider the Garden Waste levy given the huge increase of dumping of garden waste at the parks and laneways of South Dublin County Council since Dublin City Council decided to introduce the levy at the Windmill Road Crumlin site?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

To ask the Manager what progress if any has been made with regard to combatting  the scourge of graffiti in the Tallaght Central area and whether a code of voluntary practice would be considered by all concerned banning the sale of materials to under 18 year olds that facilitate this destructive behaviour and that shopowners of such materials be invited to make submissions in this regard in this Local Authority area into how best this nuisance might be averted?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill, Elaine Leech

That the Manager  provide a detailed Written Report on the circumstances surrounding the compilation, printing and distribution of the document entitled "South Dublin County Today" dated May 2009.

That  the Manager, in reporting on the matter that he would state and clarify the following in his replies:

a) Where the document was printed.

b) The total external cost of its production and printing. 

c) The means and cost whereby the document was distributed.

d) Whether, and how many, copies remain undistributed.

e) Who authorised the publication and was that decision to have the document distributed  done in conjunction with the then sitting councillors.

f) Who determined the date of distribution of the document. 

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill, Elaine Leech

That the Manager  provide a detailed Written Report on the circumstances surrounding the compilation, printing and distribution of the document entitled "South Dublin County Today" dated May 2009.

That  the Manager, in reporting on the matter that he would state and clarify the following in his replies:

  a) Where the document was printed .

  b) The total external cost of its production and printing.

  c) The means and cost whereby the document was distributed.

 d) Whether, and how many, copies remain undistributed.

e) Who authorised the publication and was that decision to have the document distributed  done in conjunction with the then sitting councillors .

f) Who determined the date of distribution of the document.

 

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Walsh 2009
Responsibility:
Maire Ni Dhomhnaill, Elaine Leech

That the Manager  provide a detailed Written Report on the circumstances surrounding the compilation, printing and distribution of the document entitled "South Dublin County Today" dated May 2009.

That  the Manager, in reporting on the matter that he would state and clarify the following in his replies:

a) Where the document was printed .

b) The total external cost of its production and printing. 

c) The means and cost whereby the document was distributed.

d) Whether, and how many, copies remain undistributed.

e) Who authorised the publication and was that decision to have the document distributed  done in conjunction with the then sitting councillors .

f) Who determined the date of distribution of the document.  

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Gilligan
Responsibility:
Sheila Kelly

To ask the Manager to arrange the cutting of all the grass in the cemeteries in South Dublin particularly Saggart and Esker?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. Kenny
Responsibility:
Colm Ward

That the Manager, in relation to Foxdene Estate Clondalkin, look at or inspect that the building material that lies adjacent to the Lucan Outer Ring Road been removed from the estate. The building material has now been a focus for illegal dumping and has been a health hazard for local residents.