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In an effort to combat Youth Unemployment, following COVID-19, this Council call on Minister Heather Humphreys, TD, Minister for Social Protection, Community & Rural Development and the Islands, to remove the age barrier and twelve month "Live Register" requirement for access to Community Employment Programmes, to allow young people participate in meaningful employment within their Community, to access accredited training and educational opportunities, and to enhance their mainstream employment prospects
Ministerial
Letter dated 9th June from The Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People in response to Motion 2 fro the May 2019 Council Meeting (Services provided by Jigsaw)
Letter dated 24th June from Westmeath County Council in relation to the 2020 Leaving Certificate Examination
Letter dated 16th June from Kerry County Council regarding the VAT rate on the Tourism industry.
Correspondence dated 3rd June 2020 from AILG report on the Plenary Members Activities
To ask the Chief Executive to provide a detailed report on the permeability (pedestrian and cycle )projects for each area which have been approved by the NTA and other such funding organisations. To include in the report projects that will commence this year, and to include the two projects in Lucan/Adamstown(Embankment and Paddocks-Hillcrest)
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on the solar bins which were piloted in the county sometime ago.
AUDIT COMMITTEE - APPROVAL OF EXTERNAL NOMINATION
That the possibility of a community garden at Griffeen Valley will be considered.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to reconstitute the Commemorations Committee mindful of the series of historic landmarks which will occur over the duration of the Council to ensure to those events are respectfully memorialised and celebrated.
That this area committee write to National Transport Authority to request the Neilstown Road in North Clondalkin be included on the 2021 list for bus shelter installations.
This is particularly important now that we have a public library, playground and teen space in the area and the provision of adequate infrastructure in the public realm should be prioritised in North Clondalkin.
DRAFT CALENDAR OF MEETING DATES
This Council agrees to install two self-cleaning outdoor public toilets on the high streets of each of the seven local electoral areas of the county and to liaise with the City of Paris if any advice on the matter needed.
This Council calls on the Chief Executive, in the event of there being financial restrictions as a result of the Covid-19 or for any other reason, that the funds for the Traveller Accommodation Programme 2019-2024 for this County be safeguarded and that the planned programme be fully implemented and that in any associated discussions he or the Director of Housing have with Government Departments that they convey the determination of the elected members that the said Traveller Accommodation Programme be fully funded and resourced.
To ask the Chief Executive to report on the number of homeless households in the county including a breakdown between singles, couples and families?
To ask the Chief Executive to produce a report on outstanding development fees, including total amount outstanding and a breakdown per development?
To ask the Chief Executive if special measures are being put in place to collect and measure the volume of "nitrous oxide cylinders" which have become increasingly frequent in dumping around the county, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Can the Chief Executive outline both how many outstanding planning enforcement cases are being investigated in the county and how many planning enforcement inspectors are employed? At the current rate, in what month and year would the Chief Executive expect the amount of outstanding planning enforcement cases to be below 25?
"Can the Chief Executive outline the cleaning regime in place for St Cuthbert's Park, Clondalkin? Users of the park claim that litter builds up in the park on a regular basis which makes it more difficult to carry out sporting activities there. The users of the park who have contacted me are sceptical as to what cleaning regime is in place for the park?"
Does the Chief Executive have plans to liaise with the NTA with a view to organising a full, up to date, presentation and briefing in relation to BusConnects for Councillors in each affected LEA and not just in relation to the SPC concerned, given the importance of the subject matter and the implications it will have for many of our constituents.