Report on Affordable Housing

(Circulated Herewith)

• H.I. 4 Report on Affordable Housing

"To ask the Manager when a request by residents who live in the Beechdale Estate in Ballycullen to have the right of way at Beechdale Crescent extinguished will be determined by South Dublin County Council and given the fact that the title holder of the land in question has formally written to the Council acceding to the request of the local residents, when it expects that this matter will be determined and if he will make a statement on the matter?"

• Question 8

To ask the Manager to update the Council on developments resulting from the council,s involvement with the education initiatives for the Travelling Community and will he make a statement on this?

• Q3 Education Initiatives

"That  the Manager  bring a headed item to this committee on the housing development/ social/ affordable/integration/and travellers site etc. between Stocking Lane and Ballycullen Road along the new road, cognizant  of the fact that it is technically not in the Terenure Rathfarnham electoral area, but that we can avail of report facility under the Local Government Act." 

 

 

• Motion 7

To ask the Manager what action he will take to increase the level of waste reduction at origin or point of purchase within the County?

• Q4 Waste Reduction

To ask the Manager to give an account of the level of take up of the disability home improvement grant. Will he outline the number of applicants, time of adjudication, % level of approvals and number of cases rejected by Medical Officer?

• Q5 Disability Grant

To ask the Manager will he outline his proposals for the roll out of brown waste collection/house composting for 2006?

• Q6 Brown Waste

To ask the Manager to clarify the position of all contractors working on behalf of the Council that they are in compliance with the optimum Health & Safety Standards and compliance with proper industry rates of pay?

• Q 7 H & S

To ask the Manager to update this Council on the siting of a commemorative plaque in County Hall to the 200^th anniversary of the Emmett Rebellion as passed by motion of the full council and agreed to by management?

• Q8 Commemorative Plaque

Traffic Calming Programme

 

• H-I (9) Traffic Calming

Proposed 3 Year Restoration Improvement Programme 2006 - 2008

(Circulated Herewith)

• H.I. 10

To ask the Manager (a)  many dogs were impounded from the South Dublin Co. Council area in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 (b) what was the re-homing rate for this area? (c) what was the put down rate? that the proprietor of the Dogs home be contacted to ascertain this information if it is not available, (d) what proposal do we have to publicize the “national spay week”  in conjunction with the National Stray dogs and Cats Society in order to reduce the numbers of dogs being neglected?

• Q11 Impounded Dogs

To ask the Manager to agree to introduce by way of a pilot project, the facility of Flashing/Warning Lights at Schools. Such lights would be of practical assistance in enhancing the safety of many people, including school-going children and students, whose safety is now more at risk with increased traffic volumes, including Heavy Goods Vehicles on our roads, and where there are increased pressures on car parking spaces in the vicinity of schools in the county owing to increased traffic volumes and growing traffic congestion?

• Q12 Warning Lights at Schools

To ask the Manager, in light of the ever increasing congestion being experienced on the roads of South Dublin, to request that the DTO and An Garda Siochana make arrangements for Gardaí to be allocated to direct traffic at all “free-flow” junctions on a year-round basis at peak traffic times?

• Q13 Traffic Congestion

To ask the Manager to make arrangements for a double green bin collection following Christmas due to the fact that most households produce a great deal of recyclable waste during the festive season? 

• Q14 Green Bin Collection

To ask the Manager to outline what measures will be taken over the Christmas period to ensure that Bottle Banks and Plastic recycling facilities are regularly emptied, on a daily basis if necessary, and that the surrounding areas are kept free from rubbish at all times?

• Emptying of Bottle Banks at Chrismas

To ask the Manager to report upon the Council’s library building programme with specific reference to what area is next on the list for the provision of a library according to the County Development Plan and to detail what steps are being taken to ensure that this schedule is being adhered to? 

• Q16 Library Building Programme

To ask the Manager to indicate when it is envisaged that provision will be made in the capital budget for the furtherance of the Council’s Water Leisure strategy and to provide reassurances that the current review of the programme will in no way be used as an excuse not to put finance aside given that funding will invariably be required one way or another? 

• Q17 Water Leisure Strategy

To ask the Manager to outline what the extent of the Council’s landownership is of green-field sites within the county and to list, site by site, the area involved in each parcel of land and the current zoning status of each? 

• Q18

To ask the Manager if he would provide a report on the Council's involvement, financial and otherwise, in supporting the provision of community childcare services in the County?

• Q22 Childcare Services