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Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

DECLARATION OF ROADS TO BE MADE PUBLIC ROADS

(No Reports)

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
Chief Executive
Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

That this Council calls for effective action to deal with boarded up Council houses and return them to the housing stock for reletting.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor T. Costello
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask South Dublin County Council to develop a protocol whereby Councillors can make representations on behalf of constituents to Approved Housing Bodies to ensure that AHB's will have a pathway to communicate with Councillors when they contact them on behalf of their constituents. Given the growing number of tenancies in the County which are being managed by AHBs this protocol will ensure that tenants get the necessary support and level of representation which they are entitled to. 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Holohan
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

This Council calls on the government to launch an enquire into declarations of TD's and elected representatives and the owing of property's to rent and their declaration's of conflict of interest in discussions and votes on matters regarding housing and the rental sector and to issue a report.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

This Council calls on the Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly to extend Free Contraception for the over 30s on a medical card, this would include scraping fees for those seeking to have fittings/removals of various types of long acting reversible contraception, as a 1st step to the introduction of free contraception to all.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Sinclair
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

That this council declares that private airplanes used for leisure or commerce are wasteful and inconsistent with our climate goals, and demands that none are given permission to fly in Irish air space. On passing the motion a letter issues to Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Duff
Responsibility:
E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

In an effort to give residents of areas in the County an opportunity to make observations regarding applications for S254 Licences for telecommunication cabinets and masts, this Council calls on the Manager to amend the South Dublin County Council S254 Applications Policy. 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Johansson
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

This the Council write to the Taoiseach to call for a referendum on the ownership of our water services and call for the following wording be used in said referendum: 'The Government shall be collectively responsible for the protection, management and maintenance of the public water system. The Government shall ensure in the public interest that this resource remains in public ownership and management.'

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. King
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

That this Council calls on the CEO to arrange for a strategy to be formulated within the overall County Strategy to Tackle Illegal Dumping in all its forms that utilises to its fullest affect the recently enacted "Circular Economy Act" that includes Codes of Practice that can be used by Local Authorities such as ours to utilise CCTV and other technologies.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Gogarty
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

That this Council writes to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth requesting that all childcare providers register for and be in a position to provide NCS-subsidised hours for at least 50% of children in their care.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Hagin Meade
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

South Dublin County Council supports the Animal Health & Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020 and will write to the Minister for Agriculture, calling for a ban on hare coursing.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor A. Edge
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

In line with the Biodiversity and Climate Emergencies declared for South Dublin County in 2019, that this Council commits to a rapid roll-out of Mini-Woodlands / Stepping Stone Forests at suitable locations countywide with the support of local community groups and with a target of 25,000 trees by the end of this term.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Sinclair
Responsibility:
Michael McAdam

"That the manager provide an update for when the cycle parking beside Kingswood and Cookstown Luas stations will be completed and available for use?"

 

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor R. McMahon
Responsibility:
RTFB Meeting Administration, Gary Walsh

For this Council to make representations to Dublin City Council, who look after Fortfield Road on behalf of SDCC, for them to inspect and put Fortfield Road footpaths on their works programme, as the footpaths on both sides of the road are in a poor state in parts (trips of up to 80mm in places)

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Brenda Pierce
Responsibility:
Brenda Pierce

Housing Delivery Report.

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Asta Tamosaite
Responsibility:
Brenda Pierce, Cian Harte
Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the CEO for a report into the Tenant Purchase Scheme; report to include any proposed changes and plans to further promote the scheme in that regard and will he make a statement? 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the CEO if he has sought assurances from the Chief Fire Officer in respect of Fire Brigade services in the County; will he detail the level of resources available in that regard and make a statement? 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. O'Connor
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the CEO to report on the recent meeting he attended, along with other Chief Executives, with the Minister for Housing, to discuss the housing crisis; will he detail plans he has to implement proposals which came from that meeting and will he make a statement?