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Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 8 COS8 Specific Local Objective: To identify, set aside and rezone an area of land to ensure the delivery of a Community Centre/Community facilities within Citywest as identified as part of phasing in the Fortunestown Local Area Plan.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 8: COS 4 Objective 7: To amend: To support the provision of permanent space for well-established add '/minority sports' & recreational activities at appropriate locations within the County.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor L. Dunne
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Chapter 8: COS 3 Objective 2: To amend To remove 'support' and replace with 'ensure' the provision of new community centres in new and add 'existing' development areas add 'or where provision is the responsibility of Developers, the Council will ensure they provide', in proximity to the population they serve & in accordance with the standard of one Centre per 9;000 population with a size of approximately 1,200-1,800 sqm, or dependant on specific local demographic or other needs, smaller centres at a more local level, generally between 350-650sqm in size at the discretion of the Council, or maybe updated by any future community centre strategy carried out by the Council.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Kearns
Responsibility:
John Hegarty

That this committee call on the manager to install two bollards at the mid-point of the laneway to the rear of 96 St Peters road. This is to prevent cars driving through at speed and fly tipping.

 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Gogarty
Responsibility:
David Fennell

That the Chief Executive follows up on the discussion with Public Realm under Motion 21 in September 2019 whereby concerns were expressed about the ongoing wall breach between Mount Andrew estate and St Edmunds estate and the related safety issues for young children in particular - something raised several times through various channels in the interim - and takes whatever action in its power to secure the dangerous fencing and either close off the current openings as proposed by Mount Andrew Residents, or to provide properly secured and managed permeability along desire lines, as suggested by SDCC - either option to be implemented soon following active consultation with local residents in both estates; and if a statement can be made on the matter.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor V. Casserly
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

Motion 'It is considered appropriate that South Dublin County Council amends the Draft Development Plan 2022- 2028 to include a single, overarching objective that provides for the consolidation and implementation of the objectives mentioned above regarding the future of the Liffey Valley area, in the form of the following: - To carry out a study for the lands that comprise Liffey Valley inclusive of the Special Area Amenity Order (SAAO) and adjacent lands so as to investigate and determine viable and appropriate uses to support and facilitate the development of a Regional Park (Liffey Valley Park), with particular emphasis on enhancing the recreation, amenity value and accessibility of the area, in accordance with the Council's published document Towards a Liffey Valley Park (2007). This new Regional Park will serve the needs of existing communities of Lucan as well as the wider Greater Dublin area. The study will be carried out in consultation with the surrounding Local Authorities, State Agencies, existing landowners, sectoral, community and commercial interests.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

• That the Draft Development Plan be amended to provide for a LUAS through Firhouse to provide greater access to the Dublin Mountains

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

• That the Draft Development Plan be amended to provide for a Metro to Rathfarnham

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

• That Sections 25.3 and 25.4 of the Draft Development Plan be amended to include Persons who have grown up or spent substantial periods of their lives, (12 years), living in the area, who have moved away and who now wish to return to reside near to, or to care for, immediate family members, seeking to build on the family landholding or on a site within 5 km of the original family home, and that immediate family members are defined as mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister or guardian. 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

That this Council, recognising the historic importance of St Cuthbert’s Church in our County’s history, agrees to give St Cuthbert’s Church high priority and develop and preserve it for future generations as an important historical and heritage building in the new County Development Plan.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

• To change listing 246 of the Record of Protected Structures to read Firhouse Weir

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Anne Hyland

• That the Draft County Development Plan be amended to include provision for the use of Tallaght Stadium as a concert venue

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

That the Draft County Development Plan be amended to include the provision of an astro-pitch strategy for the County 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Siobhan Duff

• To amend the Draft County Development to include the provision of, rather than to investigate the provision of a swimming pool in the Knocklyon / Firhouse area 

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Anne Hyland, Stephen Willoughby

• To change the Knocklyon designation from a District Centre to a Village Centre, to give a focal point to the residents and visitors of this vast area.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor B. Lawlor, Councillor D. McManus, Councillor Baby. Pereppadan
Responsibility:
Anne Hyland, Stephen Willoughby

To change the Firhouse designation from a District Centre to a Village Centre, to give a focal point to the residents and visitors of this vast area.

Correspondence
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community Directorate
Responsibility:
Director of Corporate Performance and Change Management

CORRESPONDENCE

(a) Correspondence from Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in response to Motion 2 (Postal Voting) at the October 2020 Council Meeting

(b) Correspondence from Minister for Social Protection in response to Motion 7 (Community Employment (CE) Supervisors) at the October 2020 Council meeting 

(c) Correspondence from Fermanagh and Omagh District Council re. Protection of Native Honeybees

(d) Correspondence from Clare County Council re. various passed resolutions 

(e) Correspondence from Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council re. Termination of the Planning and Development (Strategic Housing Developments) Regulations 2017

(f) Correspondence from Leitrim County Council re. Tenent Purchase Scheme

(g) Correspondence from Limerick City & County Council re. Rural Development Policy 2021 - 2025

(h) Correspondence from Meath County Council re. 80% attendance of meetings rule

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor F. Timmons
Responsibility:
Stephen Willoughby

That this council agrees that there be a reasonable height restriction in our heritage villages and that this is in line with current buildings and is sympathetic to the make up of these heritage villages

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

That this council supports the aims of the Campaign for an All Ireland National Health Service, including an end to the two-tier public/private health system and making healthcare free at the point of access for everyone. If passed, a letter will be issued to the Campaign to request that South Dublin County Council is added to their list of supporters.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor P. Gogarty
Responsibility:
Joseph Bockarie

That the Chief Executive removes the bottle bank on Griffeen Road and installs an enhanced and securely monitored facility beside the Swimming Pool and refurbished leisure centre once the new car park is completed; and if a statement can be made on the matter.