To ask the Manager to report on the facilities planned for inclusion in the new building under construction at the site beside Griffeen Educate Together school and if a timescale for completion of these for same could be provided?

• Griffeen Valley Educate together CC

Cathaoirleach's Business

(none received)

To ask the Manager to report on the number of anti-social behaviour reports for the housing development in the Balgaddy area that are on record for the past six months.

• ASB Balgaddy

To ask the Manager to provide an update on plans for a Youth Café at Ballyowen Castle Community Centre?

• Youth Cafe Ballyowen Castle

To ask the Manager to have the area between St Finian’s Crescent and St Finian’s Close cleaned?

• Clean up

To ask the Manager to clean up the pathway from the Siac site (Monastery Road) through to Knockmeenagh. Can the Manager provide a map outlining the pathway. Will the Manager upgrade this pathway so that it could be utilised by pedestrians?

• Q. 16

To ask the Manager to report on the numbers of applicants on the Housing waiting list, including a breakdown by area, for Lucan, Clondalkin and Palmerstown?

• 9456

To ask the Manager when the stone wall at Ballyowen Lane surrounding Ballyowen Park will be completed? Two small sections of this wall were built almost eighteen months ago. Materials (stones) have remained on site since then in order to finish the remainder of wall. Stones at this site have been removed by members of the public on a regular basis.  

• Ballyowen Park Stone Wall

To ask the Manager what has become of the Green Sweeping Machine promised to commence operating on 11th December 2006 in Lucan?

• Q 32

To ask the Manager to investigate and alleviate flooding on both sides of road at entrance to Esker lawns adjacent to cemetery? Flooding here has become a constant problem after rainfall.

• Flooding at Esker Lawns

Cathaoirleach's Business

(none received)

To ask the Manager to report on the Christmas and New Year Refuse Collection Service, particularly relating to the confusion arising where many local residents, whose refuse collection day was Monday 1st January 2007, did not have the correct information as to when there domestic refuse was being collected and what steps did South Dublin County Council take to subsequently address this matter.

• Q5

To ask the Manager to make a statement regarding an ecological survey carried out recently in Waterstown Park , Palmerstown and if a copy of this report be made available to councillors.

• Ecological Study Waterstown Park

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on progress made in investigating the possibility of acquiring a premises in Lucan for use as a Youth Community Centre, incorporating a Youth Cafe, as proposed in my Question to the Manager (No.9) at the Area Committee meeting of 28 November 2006?

• Youth Community Facility Lucan

To ask the Manager when it is envisaged that the first tranch of social housing will become available in the Adamstown SDZ, how many social units (as distinct from Affordable Units) will be delivered and how many of these will be allocated as voluntary housing?

• Affordable Housing

To ask the Manager to report on information available to the Council on the theft of domestic refuse bin tags.  From recent representations made to me, there has been a marked increase in the number of such incidences and accordingly what remedies are the Local Authority proposing to introduce?

• Q 6

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the pattern of use of Ballyowen Castle Community Centre by residents associations and other community and voluntary groups/organisations( other than the 4 organisations with permanent space) since the opening of the Centre to the public, and if the report can differentiate between use of the Centre during the day and after 7 pm?

• Ballyowen Castle Community usage

To ask the Manager if he can make a report on the allocation of the infill housing units at St Finian's Estate, Lucan and if any of the units has been/will be adapted for providing suitable accommodation for special needs tenants?

• 9476

To ask the Manager to report on the details of all outstanding works relating to the Skate Park in Griffeen Valley Park, Lucan and what is the time-scale for these works.

• Skate Park Griffeen

To ask the Manager if he will make a report on the Council's response to the recent increase in incidents of Graffiti, on boundary walls, in parks and on buildings in the Lucan area, and if he can include any information on liason between the Council and An Garda Siochana on the problem, which has caused much upset to residents in Lucan?

• Question 7