" To ask the Manager if there are any proposals to erect a small railings on the low wall adjacent to Homelawn Ave as has been done on the other low boundary walls adjacent to Homelawn Estate.?"

• Question 6

" To ask the Manager for an update on the time-frame for the replacement of the fitted kitchen at details supplied (Details supplied) and will the Manager please note the dreadful condition of the said kitchen?."

• Question 19

" To ask the Manager for an update on the " Windows Refurbishment Programme" with specific reference to the Tymon area?."

• Question 20

" To ask the Manager to have arranged a cleanup of the laneway to the rear of details supplied *

• Question 30

To ask the Manager, to update the Committee on the current status of the funding from the Department and all related matters pertaining to the refurbishment programme in Greenfort, Shancastle and Moorfield Estates, and can he make a statement on the matter.

• 10795

To thank the Manager for the considerable Graffiti cleaning works in the Lucan area in recent times, including engaging the contractor for specialised works in removing Graffiti from brick-work and pebble dashing. What additional Graffiti removal works are scheduled to take place in the near future in the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas. 

• Graffiti

To ask the Manager to give an updated report on what Council and Voluntary Housing is to be completed and ready for allocation in the Clondalkin and Lucan electoral areas in 2007 and similarly in 2008 and 2009?

• Social Voluntary

To ask the Manager to investigate the possibility of South Dublin County Council, through the Community Department, supporting initiatives to improve literacy levels of children throughout the County including through support and possibly funding for homework clubs.

• Homework Clubs

To thank the Manager for his assistance in helping the many Residents Associations in estate tidying works which many Residents Associations engage in. The Council support in providing cleaning materials is of great assistance to the community.

• Tidying Works

To ask the Manager if he will consider implementing a concentrated promotional activity in estates around Ballyowen Castle Community Centre to advertise the availability of the Centre to associations, clubs and other organisations, in particular those catering for young people  between 12 and 18 years of age, as it is evident that the Centre has spare capacity particularly after 6 pm?

• Ballyowen Castle

To thank the Manager for his support following my most recent requests, including agreement to install a toilet facility in Willsbrook Park by June 2007, and the more recent movement of goal posts in Griffeen Valley Park to assist Lucan Sarsfields GAA. Would the Manager please give details of when the goal posts on the juvenile pitch are scheduled to be moved. At time of submitting this question these goal posts have not been moved and this is causing considerable inconvenience to Lucan Sarsfields GAA.

• Lucan Sarsfields Posts

 “To ask the Manager if he would consider the establishment of wooden pillars around the perimeter of the large open space in Whitebrook Estate in Springfield, given the fact that virtually all of the cul de sacs in this area have been provided with wooden pillars, if he would now consider a similar structure on the Green in question, as a means of improving from an aesthetic and an environmental perspective, the public open space, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Question 7

To ask the Manager if he will request the Environmental Services Department to explore the possibility of relocating the Bottle Banks on Griffeen Road, Lucan, adjacent to Moyglas Estate, to a suitable location in the new Griffeen Centre, and if in the meantime more regular cleanups  of the present site of the banks can be carried out, as the extent of illegal dumping of late is completely unacceptable?  

• Q 7

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee congratulates Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club on winning €250 000 funding from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism for the proposed All-Weather pitch at Griffeen Valley Park, and calls on the Manager to explore all options open to the Council and the Club, including a short term licence, to enable the project to start and draw down the finance allocated, pending  agreement on a long term lease for the land concerned, so that Lucan Sarsfields will be in a position to apply for further funding in 2008.

• M 3

To ask the Manager to give the up to date position regarding the removal of graffiti at Woodford Heights and Woodford Walk in Clondalkin?

• Graffiti at Woodford

That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the proposed development by Lucan Sarsfields GAA of the all-weather astro turf facility and the current situation regarding the lease required to proceed with the project.

• M 4

To ask the Manager if he will request the Parks Department to meet with representatives of Liffey Valley Park Residents Association to agree those areas along footpaths, which are not immediately outside houses, and which are of such length that it is not reasonable to expect individual householders to take responsibility for, which will be included in the Council's grass cutting schedule of green spaces in the estate?

• Liffey Valley Park Residents Assoc

That this Committee deplores the refusal of the Government to establish a new national swimming pools funding programme, having closed down the previous programme seven years ago in 2000, just when the Council was about to make an application for a Lucan Swimming Pool, and requests the Manager to write to the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism demanding that the new programme be opened so that the decision of the Manager and the Council, as reflected in the 3 Year Capital Budget, to complete a swimming pool by the end of 2009 can be realised.

• Swimming Pool Lucan

That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on the progress made arising from the local consultation process I requested and that the Manager would now present his plans, including details of a suitable venue for a Youth Café project, including a time-scale, in the vicinity of Lucan Village.

• Youth CAfe Project

"That the Manager take on board local views regarding the operation of the Pay parking System in Rathfarnham Village."