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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor T. McDermott
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

“To ask the Manager to investigate the construction of pillars at the top of Moyville Lawns to give more privacy and emphasise its residential nature (e.g. the entrances to Woodfield Estate, Scholarstown Road and to Prospect Manor, Stocking Lane)?”

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Teresa McBride

To ask the Manager to report on progress to date in initiating the pilot scheme to close the laneway between Kennelsfort Road and Woodfarm Acres and to indicate in the answer when the work can get underway?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Lahart
Responsibility:
Hazel Meegan

"That the manager outline to the area committee what department is responsible for the maintenance of Taylor Court, what department is responsible for the maintenance of the landscaping in Taylor's Court and to explain to the Area Committee why almost no maintenance works in relation to the cutting of grass (cut just once at my request and again this year). and why all the great design work at Taylor's Court in terms of the Cobble Lock has become unkept."

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Muiris O'Keeffe

Cathaoirleach's Business        Councillor R. Dowds

That this Committee calls on the Railway Procurement Agency to build a Luas Spur line to serve Clondalkin and Lucan along the Grand Canal from Inchicore westwards as soon as possible.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor K. Warren
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin, Seamus Fagan

"To ask the Manager if he could confirm in connection with the Firhouse Road improvement Scheme, if the area of the scheme opposite Woodlawn Park Avenue in Firhouse has been designated for a new granite wall opposite the houses in question, and if this is part and parcel of the Road Upgrade Scheme, when this scheme is likely to start, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Housing Administration
Responsibility:
Housing Administration
New Works
Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor R. Dowds
Responsibility:
Gary Keogh
That this Committee calls on South Dublin County Council to write to the Minister of Environment, Heritage & Local Government to ask him to introduce legislation excluding the sale of alcoholic drinks in glass to the greatest extent possible because of the damage such glass does on play and sporting areas.
Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor T. McDermott
Responsibility:
Gary Keogh

To ask the Manager: 

(a) for a report on the rationale for making the edited Register of Electors available to commercial interests in order that it can be  used for direct marketing and other purposes?

(b) if he will provide a list of the commercial and other organisations which have been provided with a copy of the edited Register of   Electors?

 

 

 

(c) if he will report on the revenue which has been generated through this scheme (making the edited Register of Electors available to commercial interests) and the uses to which this revenue has been put ?  

(d) for a report on non-statutory uses to which the register has been put since 2004? 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Sen. C. Keane
Responsibility:
Jim Kilgarriff, Mary Keenan

"That this committee compliments the Parks Department on the pro-active response to the request from Orwell Residents Association re Bonfire ban."

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Lahart
Responsibility:
Jim Kilgarriff, Mary Keenan

"That the manager take steps to ensure the permanent sealing of the existing access points in the boundary wall between the hockey pitch, adjacent to the Educate Together School off Loreto Avenue, and Stonepark Abbey. This wall currently acts as the boundary between SDCC and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC). "

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Jim Kilgarriff

To congratulate the Manager and staff for the approach taken in relation to this year's Halloween, leaving aside the "Hollowfest" staff on the ground were most helpful when called upon to collect bonfire material, and to ask the Manager

a. The number of Official Bonfires organised with the support of the council

b. The number of crews the Council had in operation over the period

c. The number of call-out made to the Council and the number responded to

d. The number of lorry loads of bonfire material collected by the Council

e. If the Council intends to sow grass on green areas burnt as a result of illegal bonfires

f. Have any fines been issued as a result of commercial premises or householders handing out material for bonfires, if so how many per electoral division?

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Sen. C. Keane
Responsibility:
Jim Kilgarriff, Mary Keenan

"That this Committee discussed the upgrade of the Whitecliffe open space and to report on meeting that I was told would be arranged with Residents Representatives."

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Mary O'Shaughnessy

To ask the Manager how many people are on the Affordable Housing list by electoral division or area?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
John McLoughlin

To ask the Manager for a report on the operation of the traffic arrangements in place to facilitate the M50 roadworks and to indicate in his answer if pedestrians and cyclists are adequately provided for at relevant locations and to comment generally on the operation of the scheme?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Paul Fleming

To ask the Manager

a. how many Litter Wardens operate 

b.  the number of litter related complaints/reports received by the Council

c. the number of fines issued

d. the number of fines collected/paid

per electoral area, to date for 2006?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Denis Ryan

That this Committee calls on the Manager to install street lights at suitable intervals on the laneway between Culmore Road and Palmerstown Drive as the area is particularly prone to anti-social behaviour leading to a lot of loud noise at night with consequential littering leaving residents in fear of using their garages or back entrance at any time.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor G. O'Connell
Responsibility:
Denis Ryan

That this Committee call on the Manager to bring forward proposals for the upgrade of Kennelsfort Road Upper, from the Coldcut Road junction to the N4, and submit it as a matter of urgency for funding under the Urban Renewal Programme, or another relevant scheme.  Can he consult with the local Community Council, residents of Kennelsfort Rd and with relevant local business interests along Kennelsfort Road to have the road at a standard that is reflective of the fact that it is the main artery of this settled community.

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Planning Not is use

Proposed Material Contravention of the Development Plan at Upper Ballinascorney, Co Dublin for a Bungalow, Effluent Treatment Unit and Ancillary Site Works for Elizabeth and Tony O' Brien – Reg. Ref. SD06A/0733.

(circulated herewith)

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Planning Not is use
Responsibility:
Paddy McNamara
Report onTaking in Charge of Estates
Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. White
Responsibility:
Jim Kilgarriff, Mary Keenan

"To ask the Manager to replace and increase the provision of flower beds/pots in Rathfarnham village?"