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To ask the Manager when the parking scheme for the remainder of Clondalkin will start? Can the Manager provide an update on the present scheme with particular regard to the Floraville entrance area and Castle Park, Clondalkin?
That South Dublin County Council would assist in conjunction with Deansrath Community College to foster boxing skills in view of very successful boxing demonstration held recently in the College which attracted a huge attendance of local youths and many parents. One of College's staff holds boxing qualifications and has been inundated with requests from students and parents seeking to set up a club.
That the Manager takes steps to honour the commitment given to the late Cllr Fintan McCarthy during discussions on the Water Leisure Strategy in 2006 that the Council would provide a swimming pool for Lucan at Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre, irrespective of whether the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism reopens its Swimming Pool Programme which the Council unfortunately missed out on in 2000; This commitment, following years of pressure from the Green Party and others and indeed a very large number of families in Lucan who directly contacted the Manager with a petition. And also that the Manager equally respects the spirit of the commitment given to the late Mayor of South Dublin Cllr Billy Gogarty who was told by a senior official, early in his term, that the Council would aim to have him turn the sod for the facility by June 2008, suggesting clearly that this was in the pipeline. Recent replies to questions from members of this Council indicate a dilution of this commitment, especially since January 2008 and the Council needs to honour the memory of two of its members by recommitting to its promise, given that such a long-anticipated and very much needed pool would be commercially viable from day 1 and this motion requests that the Manager start the process of construction while simultaneously actively seeking any Government support funding that may become available.
That this Council, mindful of its stated opposition to a planned incinerator at Behan's Quarry, resolves to show the complete pointlessness of such a facility in the light of newer progressive technologies such as Mechanical Biological Treatment and gasification by setting up the County's first 'Zero Waste Target Zone' (ZWTZ). Such an area should be small enough to operate on a pilot basis with residents and businesses, through the auspices of the Council, being able to examine and build on best international practice from areas such as New South Wales, Australia and Guelph, Ontario, Canada, with the aim of reducing landfill to a bare minimum and making reduce, re-use and recycling the cornerstone of day to day living and working. This could include a 'wet-dry' collection and sorting system, reverse vending machines and other incentives. While areas within the remit of the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee could be considered, members of this Area Committee are asked, in passing this motion towards the full Council, to recommend Rathcoole as the pilot zone. Rathcoole is compact enough as an area and has residents who are already motivated to fight the incinerator threat and who would welcome such a scheme with open arms.
That an Garda Siochana takes such action as is possible to resolve the difficulties that have arisen for those living adjacent to *details supplied as a consequence of the property falling derelict and anti social behaviour of those who congregate in the grounds of the property drink excessively and engage in other anti-social conduct.
That the Manager takes steps to preserve all the remaining apple trees on its Golf Course alongside those adjacent to Baldonnell House, including the issuing of an annual licence for maintenance and harvesting, which could be provided in the first instance to the current owners of Baldonnell House, given that they are trying to make use of this valuable resource in a positive way and provide additional sustainable commercial and community facilities on their own land. I am sure the Council does not want to be associated with the continued destruction of a valuable resource that has taken years to create, particularly in the light of rising food prices and greater environmental awareness.
That this Council engages in a proactive programme of retrospective insulation of all its housing stock to ensure that citizens of the County, and in the first instance the most vulnerable in our society, are protected against rising energy prices, which will continue to rise as oil and then gas peak; which will also have the secondary effect of reducing this country's carbon emissions and fines under Kyoto; and to ensure that any social or affordable housing stock being handed over to the Council by developers is subject to insulation and passive heating regulations that exceed the current Government regulations and set an example for the rest of the country to follow.
Derelict Sites in Tallaght
To ask the Manager for a time-frame for when Kiltipper Way will be taken-in-charge by this Council?
" To ask the Manager for a detailed time-frame for the implementation of the Window Replacement & Cavity Insulation Programmes in the St.Aengus Parish area?."
“To ask the Manager when the much promised pathway off the open space between Sycamore and Forest in Kingswood Heights will be established by the Council as promised earlier this year, as a means of helping Luas passengers access their homes in a speedier fashion, and if he will make a statement on the matter?”
That this Committee supports the retention of the land located between No 3 and 5 Inis Thiar, Old Bawn as dedicated open-space.
Extinguishment of Public Right of Way at Killeen Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
To ask the Manager to again write to the Minister for the Environment asking him to meet South Dublin County Council (as requested by us in late 2007) in the near future to discuss the possibility of legislation in order to deal with the problems caused by a small minority of tenants in private rented accommodation?
Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes
(A) Minutes of Meeting of Economic Development (Including Planning and Development) SPC held on 20th February 2008.
(B) Minutes of Joint Housing & Social Development SPC and Economic Development (Including Planning and Development) SPC held on 14th February 2008.
To ask the Manager if he will abolish proposals to place a 3.2 m high timber noise barrier along the N4 at the southern boundary with the Woodville Estate and instead raise to a height of 3.2 m the existing southern boundary wall on the east-bound off-ramp of the N4, which currently runs from the beginning of the off-ramp to near the junction with the Outer Ring Road. And, if he will also construct a new wall joining the existing wall at that point, continuing up to the junction with the ORR to meet the existing eastern boundary wall of the Woodville Estate, so as to form a continuous and uniform-looking boundary wall, serving also as a noise barrier?
To ask the Manager for an update on developments at the Round Tower site in Clondalkin?
To ask the Manager is there a timeframe for the preparation of the next development plan, including what levels of public consultation will take place and how this will be advertised, which is particularly important given that members of the public are affected by decisions made yet may not always be aware of what is going on?
To ask the Manager to write to the Minister for Health and Children and the Chief Executive of the HSE requesting that an urgent comparative survey be carried out of residents in St Ronan's Estate and in particular St Ronan's Gardens to ascertain incidences of cancer compared with elsewhere in North Clondalkin and similar socio-economic areas in Dublin?
Residents continue to be concerned about the effects of transmitters on a phone mast located at Ronanstown Garda Station, combined with an adjacent power grid line. If evidence was produced showing higher cancer levels when lifestyle and other factors are eliminated, it would ensure that the matter will be given more serious consideration by Comreg and other bodies. Similarly, if the issue was to be investigated and no deviation found from cancer rates in similar areas, it would reassure residents. In these tighter economic times, a stipulation should also be made to the Minister that this Council is not requesting a lengthy and costly survey by consultants, but rather one which could be carried out by qualified HSE staff, thus reducing the burden on the exchequer.