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That the Council will promote social distancing in the community and that in response to this motion an outline will be given as to what steps are proposed to ensure social distancing in our county in public spaces including in local parks, villages, community centres, and how the Council will help local businesses in adapting to providing goods and services while ensuring social distancing, and are social media campaigns planned.
Is it expected to have a Community Infrastructure Fund this year? If so when might it be launched?
To ask the Chief Executive to list, in tabular form by area, the number of vacant sites in it's functional area, the number of requests made by the Council for payment of vacant site levies in respect of same, the number of sites in relation to which payment has been received and the total overall amount received for 2017, 2018 and 2019
"To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report into what is the delay in taking in charge of Millrace in Saggart? What in the Millrace Development will South Dublin County Council eventually take in charge? Also to include in the report if the Old Mill and The Mill pond area as an extension to Rathcoole Park will be part of the area taking in charge by South Dublin County Council. Is there any timeframe of when the area may be taken in charge by South Dublin County Council?"
That this committee considers, when replacing the park benches throughout this area, replacing them with furniture whose dimensions and design are more conducive to social distancing
To ask the Chief Executive to set out a full and comprehensive list of all of the measures in place and available to support and assist small businesses during the current public health emergency, together with details of how to access all such supports and the qualifying criteria in relation thereto
To ask the Chief Executive to set out the procedure, in step by step form, which must be followed by residents who wish to apply for their estates to be taken in charge, with particular emphasis on situations where the developer is no longer available to do so, to include the conditions for holding a plebiscite and the procedure for holding a plebiscite, and any relevant paperwork which must be completed in order to effect the taking in charge
"That this Area Committee requests that a feasibility study for a play space be investigated for the Bawnogue Community Centre from space within the grounds that would meet some of the needs for the Bawnogue area and liaise with the Bawnogue Board of Management on same."
On what basis or under what criteria does South Dublin County Council consider the installation of street benches for sitting, resting, people watching or chatting in built up areas of the county?
Will revisions to the Architectural Conservation Areas of South Dublin County Council be considered as part of the discussions around the next County Development Plan or is there some other way revisions can be considered?
Were there any applications for either the Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) or the Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) which had 31st January 2020 as deadline for application?
That this Council, in line with the recently declared Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, calls on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to remove the Shannon LNG terminal from the Projects of Common Interests List.
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to confirm actions he is taking to deal with the ongoing menace of Scramblers/Quads which remains a serious issue in many communities throughout our County; will he also confirm contacts he has had with Government in respect for the need of effective legislation in the matter and will he make a statement.
That this council requests the Chief Executive to examine the feasibility of SDCC opening a motocross track at a suitable location and to liaise with any motocross clubs established within the South Dublin area in achieving this goal.
That this Council calls for the establishment of a dog pound/cat and dogs home that is within this Council's control.
What funding is available for this ?
The Chief Executive to bring a report on the feasibility of achieving this.
Following the attached Sinn Féin motion that was passed in March of this year, This Council reaffirms it’s call to the Chief Executive to review the current waste collection services in conjunction with the other Dublin local Authorities and the Unions with a view to the remunicipalisation of the domestic waste service whereby the Council would take charge once again of the Service but this time in a more efficient and cost competitive manner than was previously the case
This Councils calls on the Chief Executive take appropriate steps to ensure that all litter prosecutions take place in the closest Courthouse to the community where the offence is alleged to have taken place, so as to maximise the deterrent effect of prosecution for litter offences.
That South Dublin County Council calls on the Irish Government Departments of Health, Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs to recognise that Parental Alienation is “Substantial and sustained dissatisfaction within a caregiver-child relationship associated with significant disturbance in functioning” as coded by the World Health Organisation in the latest International Classification of Diseases version 11 and to implement recommendation 36 of the Report of the Reform of the Family Law System October 2019.
Given the fiascos of Priory Hall and Longboat Quay with respect to the self-certification regime for buildings in Ireland, this council agrees that as a condition of planning permission for new buildings that an independent certified consultant be contracted or employed by South Dublin County Council at the cost of the developer or builder to ensure that the development is fully compliant with all building regulations. An alternative would be to increase either planning fees or the development levy by a commensurate amount that could be used for the same purposes.
That this County Council calls on the incoming Government to repeal the Private Residential Tenancies Act 2004 and to introduce new legislation to govern all matters relating to tenancies or other lesser interests in private land noting the current housing crisis and its impact on tenure.