To ask the Manager, is there a committee/grouping (emergency services and other agencies) within the County that has produced an emergency plan for the area in terms of an extraordinary event taking place such as a large chemical fire etc, if so, how often does this grouping meet and when was this plan last reviewed?

• Q24 Emergency Plan

To ask the Manager to put in place the appropriate accounting structure to ensure that all Development levies that are receipted in the Council’s Planning Department on a Countywide basis are also recorded in such a way as to enable a breakdown, electoral area by electoral area, to be provided to councillors?

• Q26 Development Levies

To ask the Manager to provide a detailed breakdown of the amount of development levies collected in each electoral area since the adoption of the scheme? 

• Q27 Development Levies

To ask the Manager to indicate, electoral area by electoral area, the sums of money spent by the Council on capital projects providing community and sporting facilities throughout the county in the past two years? 

• Q28 Capital Projects

To ask the Manager to report upon what impact the removal of the toll from the Westlink Bridge and the imposition of a toll at other points along the M50 is likely to have upon the traffic using other roads within the county? 

• Q29 Impact of Toll Removal

To ask the Manager to report upon what progress has been made in reviewing the County Water Leisure strategy and to indicate when the revised strategy will be made available? 

• Q30 Water Leisure Strategy

To ask the Manager to consider the provision of Automatic External Defibrillators in all Council buildings as an initial step towards making them available in all Parks Department vehicles. Such an initiative has the potential to save lives? 

• Q31 Defibrillators

To ask the Manager to report upon the policy of the Council in relation to the construction of distributor roads through parks and to detail all instances where such an action has been taken in the past or is planned in the near future?  

• Q32 Distributor Roads

To ask the Manager for an updated report on works being implemented or planned by the Parks Department to enhance bio-diversity in the County's parks and open spaces?

• Q37 Bio-diversity Parks

To ask the Manager for a detailed update on  South Dublin County Council's stated policy of "name & shame", the frequency of such publications and the number of individuals named and shamed since this policy was adopted by South Dublin County Council?

• Q38 Name & Shame

To ask the Manager for a detailed update on the proposed municipal stadium at Whitestown way with specific reference to any correspondence received from the Department of Sport and will the Manager make a statement on the issue?

• Q39 Stadium

To ask the Manager for a progress report on the Council's current programme of traffic calming projects and if he will consider proposals from Councillors for specific traffic calming measures where there is a demonstrated need on safety grounds, before the completion of the proposed review and evaluation of the current programme?

• Q40 Traffic Calming Measures

To ask the Manager if the County Statistics Office can provide information on the most recent trends in unemployment in the different parts of the County?

• QU 41 County Stats Office

To ask the Manager if the IDA Planning Application for an IC Manufacturing and Research Facility in Grange Castle Business Park has been received by the Planning Department and if he will provide a summary report on the application?

• Q42 IDA application

To ask the Manager if any discussions have been held with the Department of Transport and/or the Rail Procurement Agency regarding detailed routes for proposed LUAS and Metro lines within the County as proposed in outline in Transport 21?

• Q43 Luas Metro Lines

To ask the Manager for an updated report on discussions with any Housing Association or other organisations about the provision of sheltered housing for older people in the County?

• Q44 Sheltered Housing

To ask the Manager for an updated report on traffic management arrangements being implemented by the Council to ameliorate traffic disruption arising from M50 Upgrade works within the County?

• Q45 M50 Upgrade

"To ask the Manager to outline his plans for the development of the old shop at the entrance to Rossfield Estate and also the vacant site at the entrance to the Brookfield Enterprise Centre and to give some indication of how much longer this process will take?"

• Qu 6

"To ask the Manager to request once again that the Management of the Mary Mercer Centre address the issue of the appalling external appearance of this centre, further to the several questions that I have raised in this respect previously?"

 

• Question 26

"To ask the Manager to give a detailed update with regard to vacant houses in the West Tallaght area, outlining reasons for delays in the reletting of properties and outlining how this process will be speeded up going forward given the untold misery neighbouring houses to vacant properties have to endure while houses are left empty?"

• Vacant Houses in Tallaght