To ask the Manager to report on the Christmas and New Year Refuse Collection Service, particularly relating to the confusion arising where many local residents, whose refuse collection day was Monday 1st January 2007, did not have the correct information as to when there domestic refuse was being collected and what steps did South Dublin County Council take to subsequently address this matter.

• Q5

To ask the Manager to make a statement regarding an ecological survey carried out recently in Waterstown Park , Palmerstown and if a copy of this report be made available to councillors.

• Ecological Study Waterstown Park

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on progress made in investigating the possibility of acquiring a premises in Lucan for use as a Youth Community Centre, incorporating a Youth Cafe, as proposed in my Question to the Manager (No.9) at the Area Committee meeting of 28 November 2006?

• Youth Community Facility Lucan

To ask the Manager when it is envisaged that the first tranch of social housing will become available in the Adamstown SDZ, how many social units (as distinct from Affordable Units) will be delivered and how many of these will be allocated as voluntary housing?

• Affordable Housing

To ask the Manager to report on information available to the Council on the theft of domestic refuse bin tags.  From recent representations made to me, there has been a marked increase in the number of such incidences and accordingly what remedies are the Local Authority proposing to introduce?

• Q 6

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the pattern of use of Ballyowen Castle Community Centre by residents associations and other community and voluntary groups/organisations( other than the 4 organisations with permanent space) since the opening of the Centre to the public, and if the report can differentiate between use of the Centre during the day and after 7 pm?

• Ballyowen Castle Community usage

To ask the Manager if he can make a report on the allocation of the infill housing units at St Finian's Estate, Lucan and if any of the units has been/will be adapted for providing suitable accommodation for special needs tenants?

• 9476

To ask the Manager to report on the details of all outstanding works relating to the Skate Park in Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan and what is the time-scale for these works.

• Skate Park Griffeen

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the Council's response to the recent increase in incidents of Graffiti, on boundary walls, in parks and on buildings in the Lucan area, and if he can include any information on liason between the Council and An Garda Siochana on the problem, which has caused much upset to residents in Lucan?

• Question 7

To ask the Manager for a updated report on the Refurbishment Programme being implemented in tenants' houses in Quarryvale?

• Refurbishment Programme

To ask the Manager when construction work will start on the building of the promenade and other works to enhance Lucan Weir?

• Lucan Weir

Cathaoirleach's Business

(none received)

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the All Weather Pitch project (initiated by Weston Hockey Club) in Griffeen Valley Park at Esker, Lucan?

• All Weather Hockey Esker

That the Lucan-Clondalkin Area Committee calls on the Manager to take the necessary steps to ensure that a start is made in 2007 on the provision of library facilities, including a conventional modern Regional Library and e-Learning Hubs, to serve the residents of Palmerstown and the north Clondalkin area and to have regard to the long held expectations of residents in these areas in regard to the provision of library services.

• Motion No. 11

That this Committee, in acknowledgment of the great interest in the care of horses and the lack of stable facilities in the area, supports in principle the provision of stable facilities for horses in the North Clondalkin and Bawnogue areas. Following local consultation, it is envisaged that 115 stables, 100 for rental purposes and 15 for the Centre itself, would be of adequate service to the area. That the Manager would agree to engage in discussion on this matter and conduct a feasibility study, the results of which would be brought for future discussion at a later Area Committee Meeting.

• mot 12

That the Manager would present a detailed report for discussion on all progress made and work completed on Graffiti removal in Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown, since the Graffiti Removal Crew was established. Specifically what works have been completed, and what works remain outstanding since the upsurge of Graffiti desecration in our community during the Christmas and New Year period, and what assistance has the Manager provided to Residents and Residents Associations where Graffiti damages has been caused to privately owned walls and lands.

• Graffiti

Cathaoirleach's Business

(none received)

That the Manager would bring forward for discussion a details report and draft design for the new facility in Griffeen Valley Regional Park Lucan, incorporating a Swimming Pool.  Would the Manager also signal the extent of the consultation process envisaged prior to this development taking place, to ensure that the development of this facility includes all that will be of benefit to the local community in Lucan.

• Lucan Swimming Pool

That this Committee is concerned with the persistent problem of littering, illegal dumping and graffiti along Ballyowen Lane, Lucan, and requests the Manager to provide a report on measures being taken by the Council to combat such anti-social behaviour, including actions to re-design and refurbish the area around the bollards at the junction of Ballyowen Lane and the Ballyowen Shopping Centre. 

• Ballyowen Lane

To ask the Manager if he has made any progress towards building a footpath between Cedar Lodge and the Esso Garage on Monastery Road, Clondalkin?

• Q. 13