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Letters, dated 27th June 2008 from Offaly County Council regarding:
a) motion passed calling on the Minister for Health to increase the subvention payment for people in private nursing homes, and
b) motion passed in relation to UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities.
REPORT ON SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY JOINT POLICING COMMITTEE, 11TH APRIL 2008
(circulated herewith)
To ask the Manager to inform South Dublin County Council of the following in relation to the Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP):
1. What was the total allocation made to the Council in 2008?
2. To itemise the breakdown of this sum under its various headings?
3. In relation to Circular N23/07 what sum does the Council have available from its own resources to assist the SHIP?
4. Within the total budget for this year, how many new schemes will be commenced in 2008?
To ask the Manager to report on the new signage on the M50 and the N4 and to state if he is satisfied that it is acceptable and accurate and if it is deficient what remedial action is proposed to set it right given the number of motorists who complain of missing their lane, some of whom have reported near missed due to drivers attempting to switch lanes at the last minute?
To ask the Manager to report on the damage that has been caused to the Wooden Barriers along the M50 and include in his report what system is in place to monitor these Barriers and what steps can be taken, if the damage was caused by vandals, to ensure that they will not be further vandalised?
To ask the Manager to report on the number of complaints from residents about damage to (a) Green Bins and (b) Brown Bins on Bins days and if the damage is being caused by the machinery, faulty materials or what is the cause and does the Council have any responsibility in the matter?
To ask the Manager for a progress report on the Outer Ring Road with the anticipated date for the opening of Phase 3 from Kingswood to Tallaght?
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the Council's Five Year Playgrounds Programme?
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the County Arts Centre Project and when it is anticipated the Centre will open?
To ask the Manager for an updated report on the Council's Heritage Forum and when it is anticipated the Forum will begin its work?
To ask the Manager for a progress report on the development of a Climate Change Strategy for the County, if the group/sub-committee of the Environment SPC referred to in Headed Item No.5 of the Council meeting of 6 February has been convened and had meetings, if the workshops referred to in the Environmental Services Headed Item of the Environment SPC of 7 May have taken place, and if he will consider seeking an input from the Planning and Economic Development SPC to the development of the strategy in view of the upcoming review of the County Development Plan, and if he will confirm that in the development of the Climate Change Strategy the issue of the Council's policy on measures for adaptation to deal with climate change is being addressed?
COUNTY DUBLIN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION 2008
(circulated herewith)
That this Council liaise with the three other Local Authorities in the Dublin Area to introduce (a) transitional accommodation for Traveller Families and (b) emergency accommodation for Traveller Families who for legitimate reasons find themselves in a homeless situation.
That this Council liaise with the three other Local Authorities in the Dublin Area to introduce (a) transitional accommodation for Traveller Families and (b) emergency accommodation for Traveller Families who for legitimate reasons find themselves in a homeless situation.
That this Council liaise with the three other Local Authorities in the Dublin Area to introduce (a) transitional accommodation for Traveller Families and (b) emergency accommodation for Traveller Families who for legitimate reasons find themselves in a homeless situation.
Mayor's Business
That the elected representatives of South Dublin County Council urge An Bord Pleanala to refuse permission for the construction of an incinerator at Behan's Quarry in Rathcoole.
That this Council adopt a policy of restoring the boundary in a manner that meets the reasonable concerns of property owners where the Council or its agents interfere with existing boundary treatment and in particular the Manager responsible restore the boundaries that have been damaged by the M50 and or N4 works given that the current approach of “replacing like with like” is not a practical proposition for residents who enjoyed a hedge and trees that took some 40 years to mature and who now are exposed to air, noise and light pollution and who have their security and privacy breached both by the interference to the hedgerow and the new heightened contours of the road combined with the effects of increased volumes of traffic, higher speed caused by the free flow system which are not eliminated by the improved road surface or the proposed landscaping.
That this Council adopt a policy of restoring the boundary in a manner that meets the reasonable concerns of property owners where the Council or its agents interfere with existing boundary treatment and in particular the Manager responsible restore the boundaries that have been damaged by the M50 and or N4 works given that the current approach of “replacing like with like” is not a practical proposition for residents who enjoyed a hedge and trees that took some 40 years to mature and who now are exposed to air, noise and light pollution and who have their security and privacy breached both by the interference to the hedgerow and the new heightened contours of the road combined with the effects of increased volumes of traffic, higher speed caused by the free flow system which are not eliminated by the improved road surface or the proposed landscaping.
That this Council adopt a policy of restoring the boundary in a manner that meets the reasonable concerns of property owners where the Council or its agents interfere with existing boundary treatment and in particular the Manager responsible restore the boundaries that have been damaged by the M50 and or N4 works given that the current approach of “replacing like with like” is not a practical proposition for residents who enjoyed a hedge and trees that took some 40 years to mature and who now are exposed to air, noise and light pollution and who have their security and privacy breached both by the interference to the hedgerow and the new heightened contours of the road combined with the effects of increased volumes of traffic, higher speed caused by the free flow system which are not eliminated by the improved road surface or the proposed landscaping.
That this Council liaise with the three other Local Authorities in the Dublin Area to introduce (a) transitional accommodation for Traveller Families and (b) emergency accommodation for Traveller Families who for legitimate reasons find themselves in a homeless situation.