"To ask the Manager what action he intends to take to address the safety concerns of residents in the Old Bawn area and other parts of Tallaght who use the Sean Walsh Park on a regular basis, if consideration has been given to the introduction of a CCTV system in the Park as a means of deterring criminal elements, if the Council are in a position to appoint additional rangers to work in tandem with the local Gardai so as to give additional security to those who use the park, and if could set out the total number of instances relating to anti-social behaviour/crime in the park in recent months, and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Question 13

"That this Committee discuss, with the aid of a current status report from the Manager, the details of the public consultation process for the Ballydoden Village Plan (SLO93)."

Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads

(No Report)

That the Manager would report on the status of all Planning and Enforcement issues at Weston Aerodrome, Lucan.

• Motion 15

New Works

(if any)

Correspondence

(if any)

That this Committee recommends a further extension of the use of hand carts for tidying up litter in the estates of North Clondalkin and that the Manager outlines the extent to which hand carts are used at present in cleaning up North Clondalkin.

• Motion 23

Cathaoirleach's Business         Councillor F. McCarthy

That the Manager immediately changes the traffic priority at the junction of Dodsboro Road and the Old Celbridge Road and puts in place appropriate measures to prevent illegal right-turns in an effort to combat rat-running.

• Motion 1

That this Committee receive an updated report regarding the possibility of re-opening bus lanes until Dublin Bus have provided buses for same.

• Motion 2

That the Manager examines the manhole cover outside the residential premises on Main Street, Clondalkin and carries out immediate repairs. This problem has been passed on to Siac on a number of occasions, but still the problem remains. 

To ask the Manager to set out the average cost in terms of the construction of the ramps (traffic platform) in the administrative area of South Dublin County Council, the total number of ramps built by the Council over the past three years and how the average prices in South Dublin compares to prices in other parts of the Country and if he will make a statement on the matter?

• Q48 Ramps

To ask the Manager to state the total number of complaints put to the Planning Department for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005, in respect of planning irregularities from the members of the public, to state the success rate of South Dublin County Council in terms of successfully taking a legal action against those who were involved in building a structure which was not in compliance with the original planning permission obtained, to state the total number of personnel within the Enforcement Section employed in each of the past three years and if he will make a statement on the matter?

• Q49 Planning Complaints

To ask the Manager to name the housing estates within the functional area of South Dublin County Council which have still to be taken in charge by this Local Authority, despite the fact that there is a 12 year waiting time between now and the time when the original planning permission authorising the development took place, if the estates in question could be set out in terms of the five local electoral areas within South Dublin County Council and if he will make a statement on the matter?

• Question50

Minutes from Tallaght Area Committee Meeting (1) - 16th January, 2006

(circulated herewith)

• Mins

"To ask the Manager for the Conservation Officer's report regarding St Catherine's Georgian House and Park?"

• Question 20

" To ask the Manager for a detailed update on discussions between South Dublin County Council and Dublin Cemetaries in relation to Ballymount Park Cemetary as outlined in a report to this Area Committee in November, 2005 and a time-frame for the full implementation of said agreement and will the Manager make a statement on this matter recognising the urgency of resolving this issue?."

• ballymount park

"To ask the Manager to construct a footpath and cycle path on Wainsfort Manor Drive on the right side of the road as one enters the estate. The present layout presents a traffic danger for the growing number of children resident in Wainsfort Manor?"

• Question 9

Cathaoirleach's Business:  Councillor A. White

"That the Manager present a report on the parking situation in Pearse Brothers Park which is a serious ongoing problem for residents and in relation to which a previous commitment was given to this Committee that a meeting would be held with residents to seek to progress this urgent matter."

• M.8

"To ask the Manager to provide a filter light to serve vehicles seeking to turn right from Ballyroan Road into Butterfield Avenue?"

• Question 13

Cathaoirleach's Business:  Councillor A. White

"That the Manager present a report regarding the upkeep and maintenance of the Rathfarnham Arch on the Lower Dodder Road, in view of the fact that this important landmark/monument has been defaced and damaged and appears to have become quite neglected whereas it should be presented as a gateway landmark to the area and to the County as befits the history of the structure."

• Motion 1