" To ask the Manager to have arranged the removal of the hawthorn bushes at details supplied *   which have not matured and are a magnet for litter and for the Manager to have the bushes replaced with a more developed form of landscaping?"

• Question 4

To ask the Manager if he will write to Waterways Ireland requesting a review of the provision of lifebelts along the Grand Canal between the 8th and 12th locks and recommending the provision of additional lifebelts and clearer notices for their location?

• Q4 Waterways Ireland

 New Works

 

Planning Files

A. Large applications under consideration

B. Files requested by members

• H - I (6) (a) Large Applications
• H - I (6) (b) Files Requested

 Correspondence

 

"To ask the Manager take all necessary steps to remove the grafitti at the rere of houses in Dargle Wood (Lower) as they face the open space?"

• Q. 14

To ask the Manager to erect bollards along the pathway within the layby at St Joesph’s & St Mary’s Schools in Lucan. Vehicles are parking on the footpath here causing an obstruction for parents walking with children and buggies forcing them to walk on the roadway ?

• Q. 9

To ask the Manager for an updated report on steps to date by the Council to ensure that the planning requirement that the boundary wall of Foxborough and the Outer Ring Road is properly rendered and if he will advise if there is a time when the Council should, in default of completion by the developers of Foxborough, carry out the necessary works to ensure proper amenity for the area?

• qu 23

" To ask the Manager to have arranged the erection of anti-litter signs at the Green, Kingswood Heights (as previously requested) and for a major cleanup of the green area to the rear of the tennis courts, Kingswood Heights?"

• Question 5

" To ask the Manager to arrange for contact  to be made with the relevant retail units on the Old Belgard Road requesting a cleanup of their sites which in many case are in a dreadful condition?."

• Q 20

" To ask the Manager for a detailed update on the "Windows Upgrade Renewal Programme" for the Tallaght area with particular reference to Tallaght Central and a time-frame for the completion of the said programme?."

• Que 14

Correspondence

a) Letter from An Garda Siochana  regarding drug activity in Riversdale Estate

b) Letter from Iarnród Éireann regarding the closure of Clondalkin Rail Station

c) Letter from the Ordnance Survey regarding the spelling of Palmerstown/Palmerston 

 

• (a) Gardai
• (b) Iarnród Éireann
• (c) Ordnance Survey

New Works

 

To ask the Manager to provide an update as to the provision of pedestrian lights on Griffeen Road and Griffeen Avenue Junction. This is to provide a safe crossing for parents and children attending Griffeen Educate Together School at what has now become a busy road due to the increased traffic from the Outer Ring Road. This was originally requested in  January  2006.

 

• Q. 10

" To ask the Manager to outline what grants are available  (from either Local or Central Government ) for either privately or Council owned houses in the Tallaght area in respect of improvements in attic insulation?."

• Que 15

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the provision of Affordable Homes under Part V in the first phase of Adamstown?

• qu 24

 Correspondence

 

 Report on Housing Construction Programme

 

• Housing Construction Programme

To ask the Manager to carry out a survey of all road signs in Hillcrest Estate Lucan. A number of these are missing in particular Hillcrest Grove. This is now a serious security problem as residents have encountered people calling late at night to their homes requesting assistance as to what road they are on and looking for directions?

 

• Q.11

To ask the Manager if the Roads Department will carry out an audit of those lanes in the charge of the Council in the area of Palmerstown which includes Wheatfield Road, Glenaulin Road, Palmerstown Avenue, Glenmaroon Road, Palmerstown Drive, Culmore Road, Kennelsfort Road, and will the Council take steps to take any of the laneways owned by private companies including Land Securities Ltd into public ownership?

• Q. 7