To ask the Manager for an updated report on improvement and enhancement works at Hermitage Park (extension), Lucan and if the Community and Parks Department would support the holding of a Family Day in the park this summer?

• Question No. 23

To ask the Manager to provide for the frequent clean up of all laneways behind houses within the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas given that very often they require more attention than open roads.

• Q 7

Cathaoirleach’s Business     Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager provides details of any plans he has for the provision of community facilities in the Balgaddy and Foxborough areas.

• Motion 19.

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the proposed Children's Playground in Collinstown Park?

• Question 24.

That the Manager would now bring forward his detailed report for discussion on the Revised Water Leisure Strategy, which I requested and was agreed in 2005, with specific focus on his renewed efforts to advance the Lucan Swimming Pool Project, a matter that I first introduced in South Dublin County Council in 1999.

• Motion No. 20

To ask the Manager for an updated report on works to enhance and develop Waterstown Park, Palmerstown, including a report on the car park?

• Question No. 25

To ask the Manager if the Environmental Services Department can arrange to have closed off laneways in St Ronan's Estate, Clondalkin cleared of litter and debris? 

• Q 8

That the Manager provides an update to this Committee on the Water Leisure Strategy as it affects Lucan. 

• Motion No. 21

To ask the Manager if he can make a report on the assistance and resources which the Council can provide to residents in estates in Lucan to remove graffiti from boundary walls and other walls ?

• Q 9

That the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee congratulates the County Librarian and her staff on the contribution that the Libraries in Lucan and Clondalkin make to supporting artistic, literary, educational  and cultural activities in their areas through hosting events, exhibitions and courses, and in the absence of Libraries in North Clondalkin and South West Clondalkin, encourages the Manager to further exploit the potential of the Community Centres in Rowlagh, Neilstown and Bawnogue, and the Quarryvale Sports and Leisure Centre as venues for similar activities so as to provide opportunities for the local communities, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

• Motion 22

Cathaoirleach's Business      Councillor F. McCarthy

That this Committee requests that the Council acknowledges the nuisance caused to nearby residents through the inappropriate use of parks by some people and makes arrangements to deploy staff on a regular basis late in the evening and at night to deter the misuse of parks in the Lucan, Palmerstown and Clondalkin areas.

• Motion No. 24

That the Lucan/Clondalkin Area Committee notes the Manager's Report on Motion 21 on the Agenda of the Council Meeting of 8th May 2006 and requests the Manager to identify areas in the Clondalkin and Lucan Electoral Areas for which the approval of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government for pilot Community Warden Schemes will be sought, and to prepare a proposal for the Department, which will be informed by the ongoing deliberations  of the LGMSB and City and County Managers.

• Motion No. 23

Cathaoirleach’s Business        Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager provides details of the Council House double-glazing upgrade programme with specific reference to the timescale of its implementation in the Lucan and Clondalkin areas.

 

• Motion 9

To ask the Manager for an explanation as to why our County Council has not sought to achieve 20% affordable housing within our county?

• Q8 Affordable Housing

Cathaoirleach's Business     Councillor F. McCarthy

That this Committee thanks the Manager for the continued provision of the excellent junk collection service and requests that a schedule of areas proposed to receive the annual junk collection is brought before the Committee along with details as to how long it has been since each such area has received a collection.

• Motion No. 1

That the Manager examines the grass verges along both sides of the hill going up from the Convent lay-by to the Esker Lawns, Lucan Heights, Beech Park direction with a view to maintaining the grass verges and providing additional trees and landscaping as deemed appropriate. 

• Motion No. 26

“To ask the Manager if he would accept the need to erect a number of speed ramps on Verschoyle Avenue as a public safety measure, and accepting that the development has not yet been taken in charge, if the Council cannot do this work, would he approach the developer to see if this can be obtained, and if he will make a statement on the matter.”

• Qu 19

That the Manager would set out in a report, full details of the programme to up-grade the windows of Clondalkin homes, including the installation of double glazing windows. What specific areas or estates will be included in the pilot window programme, what is the time-scale for these works, the cost involved and following completion of these works, what procedures will be adopted to enhance the windows in the remaining areas and estates in Clondalkin.

• Motion Cllr Keating

That this Committee requests that the Manager agrees to inform members of the intended locations of any new recycling banks as far as practicable in advance of the positioning of these much needed facilities.

• M 7

That the Manager provides details of the expected starting date for the Home Zone scheme in the vicinity of Archbishop Ryan Schools and Buirg an Rí and Meile an Rí.