To ask the Manager to report on what I requested and that was agreed at the Council Meeting on 8^th May 2006, that he would initiate the process to bring forward the Report on Health Issues associated with buildings being closely situated to overhead power lines. Many other countries are already exercising prudence avoidance principles by ensuring that there is a minimum distance of 90 metres between buildings and overhead power lines. It is desirable to have the Local Authority, Developers and the ESB engage on this matter and begin the process of putting such power lines underground in the interest of Health and Safety. In addition to these required retrospective works, future planning permissions should include conditions requiring that nearby overhead power lines must be rerouted underground? 

• Q9 Powerlines

To ask that the Manager would agree to take account of the value of such amenity as parklands when planning new proposed road infrastructure. Such parkland amenity is often of crucial importance to the quality of life of local communities and when confronted with the prospect losing such amenity in the context of the planning process, it becomes the subject of considerable anxiety to that community?

• Q10 Parkland

To ask that the Manager would agree to engage in an examination of the feasibility of Skate Park facilities for other areas in the County following completion of the Lucan Skate Park and following a six month period of usage. In recent months there has been an increase in the interest shown by many young people in other areas in acquiring a Skate Park facility. In such a case it would be appropriate to learn from the experience in Lucan?

• Q11 Skate park facilities

To ask the Manager what additional measures he intends introducing to compliment the existing services available in the county, to tackle in a more serious and determined way the growing Litter problems.  Would the Manager please agree to establish a New Working Group to include the Gardaí so before the matter worsens, despite the great efforts of civic minded Residents, Tidy Towns Committees etc.?

• Q 12 Litter

To ask the Manager to provide details, in list form, of the top ten individuals and /or companies issued with most Warning Letters and Enforcement Notices in the last year?

• Q 13 Enforcement Notices

To ask the Manager to provide details of what steps are being taken by the Council to reduce the amount of treated water currently being lost through leakage from the water system of South Dublin and to quantify the amount of such leakage and the approximate cost of the provision of such water?

• Q17 Water Leakage

To ask the Manager to provide details on what progress has been made in arranging for the acceptance of plastic in green bins?

• Q18 Plastic Recycling

Given the recent issuing of a tender for the provision of number of new vehicles for the Council; to ask the Manager to take steps to ensure that in the future that provision will be made to facilitate the conversion of all council vehicles to run on bio-fuel by the end of the decade?

• Q19 Bio Fuel

To ask the Manager to detail the amount of grant aid received in 2003, 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 from the DTO for the Safe Routes to School Programme?

• Q20 Safe Routes to School

To ask the Manager to make the necessary arrangements for the Council to take control of the operation of all traffic light junctions within the county given the unnecessary congestion being caused in South Dublin to residents living to the west of the M50.  

• Q21 Traffic Light Junctions

To ask the Manager to indicate what percentage of the energy needs of the Council are currently being provided by alternative energy providers and to indicate what steps the Council will take to shift towards the purchase of electricity from environmentally-friendly electricity suppliers?

• Q22 Energy Needs

Report on Public Notification Procedure Under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 - 2003 for the upgrading of the Hockey Pitch at Esker Park, Griffeen Valley, Lucan.

(circulated herewith)

• H9 Weston Hockey Pitch
• H9 Weston Hockey Pitch Map

DRAFT IRISH LANGUAGE SCHEME

• H13 Draft Irish Language Scheme

Letter, dated 23rd May 2006 from the HSE in reply to South Dublin County Council's letter of regarding the scheduling of Forum Meetings.

(circulated herewith)

 

• HSE

Letter, dated 29th May 2006 from North Tipperary County Council regarding motions passed in relation to the abolition of means testing for the carer's allowance.

(circulated herewith)

• North Tipperary County Council

That this Council approves the revised Water Leisure Strategy where it applies to the provision of a pool for Lucan and commits to the allocation of the necessary capital funding to permit the project proceed to the timescale envisaged in the strategy document.

• M21 Swimming Pool Lucan

"To ask the Manager how many of the people that are in the top 100 of the housing list for Tallaght, live in St Aengus, Tymon North, Castle Tymon or Tymonville , seperate to that how many live in the other St Aengus Parish estates (Glenview, Balrothery, Brookmount, Hazelbrook, Castlepark, Castlelawns)?"

• Qu 8

Letters, dated 1st May and 11th May 2006 from the Chief Executive Officer  and the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Management of AMNCH respectively in reply to South Dublin County Council's letter regarding motion passed in relation to proposed new Children's Hospital.

(circulated herewith)

• Board of Tallaght Hospital
• CEO Tallaght Hospital

"To ask the Manager to have arranged the provision of a map outlining the boundaries of *details supplied and will such a map highlight those same boundaries?"

• Question 6

"To ask the Manager to adopt the recent request from the Development Department in relation to the piece of land adjacent to *details supplied and will the Manager please note that the erection of such fencing would limit access to the full strip of land in question whilst allowing the Council access to services and for maintenance purposes and will the Manager make a statement on the matter?"

• Question 7