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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor N. Fennell
Responsibility:
Director of Housing

To ask the Chief Executive how many 'Age-Friendly & Rightsizing' units (broken down by LEA and in tabular form) do this council have in total in its ownership?

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Libraries & Arts
Responsibility:
Libraries & Arts

Application for Arts Grants (No Business)

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
C AC Meeting Administrator
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

Confirmation and re-affirmation of minutes of meeting 21st May 2025

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Cosgrave
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

To ask the Manager to have the laneway between Anne Devlin Road and Anne Devlin Drive cleared of the weeds growing on old leaves. The laneway does seem to be on any cleaning schedule by the Council.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
Sharon Conroy

"This Area Committee calls on the Manager to prioritise the inclusion of Montpelier Estate in the list of potential sites for CCTV deployment in response to persistent illegal dumping, as previously raised through the (TAC). Given the ongoing environmental and public health concerns, and in light of the Council's acknowledgment that this location is under consideration, this Committee requests a timeline for when Montpelier Estate's Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) will be completed, when the site will be reviewed by the CCTV Oversight Board, and when a final decision can be expected. The Committee further calls for a report on the less intrusive measures already attempted at this location, in line with the Code of Practice, and for this issue to remain a standing agenda item until resolved?"

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
Gary Walsh

"This Area Committee requests that the Manager engage with the management company of Killinarden Shopping Centre and Apartments to explore and implement aesthetic enhancement works, including resurfacing the car park and repainting the buildings?"

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Transportation
Responsibility:
Joe Kelly

Update on Lucan Village District Enhancement Scheme

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the total number employed by South County Council (Full-time equivalent) for each year from 2020 to 2025.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

This Committee proposes that Grange Manor in Rathfarnham is added to the 3 year Tree Maintenance Programme in the Rathfarnham / Templeogue / Firhouse / Bohernabreena area.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
C AC Meeting Administrator

That this Area Committee agrees by writing to Bus Éireann, that Bus Éireann should allow pupils who availed of their school transport system to access the temporary building for Rathcoole Educate Together Primary School in City West, to also be able to avail of Bus Eireann school transport to attend their new school temporary building for 2025-2026 which is in Newcastle, Co. Dublin.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Vivienne Hartnett

To ask the chief executive to advise if South Dublin County Council know the reasons for the delay by the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage in making a decision in relation to the application under the Capital Advance Leasing Facility from an Approved Housing Body to acquire to acquire units at the bottom of Grange Road / Nutgrove Avenue in Rathfarnham.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the Chief Executive what steps can be taken by South Dublin County Council to ensure areas under private ownership or under the control of owner management companies are kept litter and dumping free?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

To ask the Chief Executive what steps have been taken by South Dublin County Council to update the electoral register to ensure it is as accurate as possible?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Sinnott
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm that observations submitted by County Councillors on open and live planning application are treated no differently from those received from members of the public and carry no additional weight or influence.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor S. O'Hara
Responsibility:
Leo Magee, David Fennell

To ask the Chief Executive to put in place formal arrangements for the locking of the barriers in the Corkagh Park carparks to prevent misuse of the amenity. 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor C. Brady
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

This council calls on the Minister for Health to include all individuals living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in Ireland—regardless of age—to access to approved life changing treatments, in line with the principle of equal access to healthcare.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor J. Spear
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

Can the Chief Executive please give an update on identifying Public Rights of Way in the County? Please include any current maps or lists of areas that the Council has identified.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive for a report regarding the City Edge Project. Report to include: ground contamination risks associated with old paper manufacturing factories, heavy manufacturing industrial sites that used large quantities of chemicals and what measures have been taken so far to identify sites with potential serious ground and soil contamination?

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Murphy
Responsibility:
Edel Clancy

That this Area Committee strongly advocates by writing to Dublin Rural Leader that they revise their funding areas to include the Edmondstown Electoral Division which is currently excluded.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

Cathaoirleachs Business

That this committee calls on the manager to repair the electric gates at the Limekilin entrance to Tymon Park as soon as possible. The gates have been broken for some time now and as a result the park has become an area for illegal dumping all around the bottle/ clothing banks.