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Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor M. Duff
Responsibility:
Tony O Grady

To ask Chief Executive could an inspection of the footpath be carried out on Mayberry road, right hand side from the Greenhills Road to just past the first cul de sac entrance at Birchview Drive, to check the condition of the pathway and to ascertain if the path has sufficient accessability for disability scooters or electric wheelchairs and to remove obstacles caused by tree roots lifting the path.

Motion
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor D. O'Donovan
Responsibility:
Leo Magee

That the Manager reports on the costs of clearing up the underpass near the Firhouse Weir in Dodder Valley Park over the past five years.

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Peter Kavanagh
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the CEO when the public consultation period for the Green Infrastructure Strategy will start.

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Peter Kavanagh
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change, E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the CEO what is the Council's first course of action when new areas of annex 1 habitats and areas with protected or endangered species are discovered.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Peter Kavanagh
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change, E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive how the Council shows and measures its commitment to preserving and protecting all Annex 1 habitats and protected species both within and outside existing SAC and Natura 2000 sites within the County.

 

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

To ask the CEO, if it is common across the county for the foul water drainage systems associated with housing developments to utilize a temporary foul water storage tank where there is inadequate foul water infrastructure to handle daytime flows of foul water? Could he prepare a report on same?

 

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor E. Ó Broin
Responsibility:
E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the CEO, in relation to new housing developments, where a developer undertakes to widen or improve an existing public road as part of conditions attached to planning approval for a housing development, what legal process is undertaken by SDCC to transfer maintenance and public liability insurance responsibility for the road to the developer and does the legal documentation specify a time limit by which the public road should be returned to public ownership or allow for periodic inspection of the road while in developers ownership to insure it is safe for public to use? And if he will prepare a report on same.

 

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

Application for Arts Grants (No Business)

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Community
Responsibility:
Brian Hora

Lucan Swimming Pool Update

Headed Item
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Transportation
Responsibility:
Transportation

Proposed Declaration of Roads to be Public Roads (No Business)

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

To ask the Chief Executive to provide the number of times an authorised person employed by South Dublin County Council has requested proof of compliance with the 2018 Waste Management Bye-laws, in the form of documentary evidence, the number of fixed penalty notices issued, the number of prosecutions initiated and the number of successful convictions. Please provide the information in tabular form, by year and by electoral area.

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

To ask the Chief Executive for an updated implementation plan, with expected completion dates for the next three years by electoral area, for the Tree Maintenance Programme, mindful of the impact of COVID-19 and the need to keep tree maintenance crews safe.

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

That this Council calls for the erection of signs to identify areas being preserved for biodiversity around the County (temporary and permanenet) to indicate the purpose and importance of preserving these areas.

 

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

To ask the Chief Executive whether or not there has been a reduced frequency of grass cutting in the county, by how much it has been reduced, and whether there are plans to return to a similar frequency as previous years and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor S. Moynihan
Responsibility:
A//Director of Housing, Social & Community Development

To ask the Chief Executive about the current waiting times and size of waiting list for housing adaptation requests, and how the national funding made available to this scheme will reduce those waiting times, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor S. Moynihan
Responsibility:
E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the criteria used to identify the projects for whcih NTA cycling funding from the July Stimulus Package was sought, and as to why South Dublin County Council received the lowest allocation of the four Dublin councils and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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

To ask the Chief Executive to provide an update on Ashton Dog Pound in light of the review being held by Dublin City Council, and what action the council will take as a result?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Joanna Tuffy
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change, E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

To ask the Chief Executive in light of evidence that transmission of Covid is less likely outdoors what is the situation regarding restaurants and cafes having table and seating outdoors, similarly casual traders selling food near or in parks, particularly during good weather.

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Joanna Tuffy
Responsibility:
Director of Environment, Water and Climate Change

Can the Chief Executive give an update on the pilot scheme for solar belly bins and what is the next step after the pilot scheme?

Question
Meeting:
Submitted by:
Councillor Joanna Tuffy
Responsibility:
E////Director of Land Use, Planning and Transportation

In light of fact that Cork County Council recently took back its parking scheme to be run directly by the Council, can a report on the estimated difference in income and expenditure between having a private company operate the parking scheme and if it were to be directly run by the Council be presented to councillors accompany the Chief Executives report on the public consultation on the draft parking regulations?