That this Council notes the widespread damage caused by unauthorized bonfires at Halloween in the administrative area of South Dublin County Council and the widespread dumping thereof and in an effort to minimise such dumping of household goods calls on the Manager to schedule the annual Council junk collection for the month of September each year.

That the Council notes with concern that individuals and families who have been approved for apartments and houses under the Council's Affordable Housing Schemes are being required to pay Management Charges of € 800 per annum and more, that the requirement to pay such charges is effectively adding about € 20000 to the cost of their homes, and requests the Manager to have these charges taken into account when arriving at prices to be determined for Affordable Housing units.

To ask the Manager to report upon what plans, if any, are proposed to utilise CPOs for road widening along the Newcastle Rd. between Superquinn, Lucan and N4 junction ?

• Q23

To ask the Manager to examine the congestion caused by cars parking along Ballyowen Lane while using Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre and to put in place appropriate measures to safeguard residents.

• Question 13

To ask the Manager to review the provision for on-road and off-road parking in the vicinity of all parks within the County as it is necessary that safe parking is made available to facilitate park users and in the interests of adjoining residents?

• Q24 Parking

To ask the Manager to detail the costs involved to date in providing storage facilities for the electronic voting machines that were destined for use in the county of South Dublin? 

• Q25 Storage of Electronic Voting Equipment

To ask the Manager to detail exactly what locations are being considered for infill housing in the county and to provide an indication of the number of housing units and the timescale involved?

• Q26 Infill Housing

To ask the Manager to report upon the recorded increase in Traffic year on year in each electoral area of the County in the past five years and to detail what steps have been taken to cope with the resultant congestion? 

• Question 27 Increase in Traffic

To ask the Manager to provide an interim report on what progress has been made in carrying out a county-wide School Traffic Safety Audit as per my request and to give an indication as to its completion date?  

• Question 28 School Traffic Safety Audit

To ask the Manager to report upon what measures will be taken to minimise the disruption to traffic caused by major road projects on national routes through the county with specific mention of work on the M50, N4 and N7?

• Q29 Traffic Disruption

Report on Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 - Alpine Rise/Belgard Heights Traffic Calming Measures

                                            (circulated herewith)

 

• H9 Alpine Rise/Belgard Hgts Traffic Calming
• H9 Alpine Rise/Belgard Hgts Traffic Calming Map

Section 38 Palmerstown Woods Traffic Calming Scheme

                                      (circulated herewith)

 

• H10 Palmerstown Woods Traffic Calming
• H10 Palmerstown Woods Traffic Calming Map

Speed Limit Review

                                   (circulated herewith)

• H13 Speed Limit Review

Mayors Business

That the Manager agrees that there are a number of areas beleaguered by extreme anti-social activity in this Council's area and that in relation to particular problem parks, the allocation of additional staff to these would help the local population in their efforts to make their areas and environment liveable again and that funding be included in the 2006 estimates to allocate such staff on a pilot basis.

• M1 Anti-Social Activity

That this Council calls upon the Manager to immediately provide funding in the 2006 estimates to initiate the process to provide a Swimming Pool in Lucan given that the Minister has indicated that it falls to the Council to do so. 

That this Council calls upon the Manager to immediately provide funding in the 2006 estimates to initiate the process to provide a Swimming Pool in Lucan given that the Minister has indicated that it falls to the Council to do so. 

To ask the Manager to report to the Council on his efforts this year to control bonfires?

• QI Bonfires

To ask the Manager to report to the Council with detail on fines used in respect of litter offences in the past year?

• Q2 Litter Offences in 2005

To ask the Manager to report to the Council on any plans to develop fire and emergency services throughout the County to take account of the further development of housing and business premises and will he detail contacts in the matter?

• Q3 Fire and Emergency Services

To ask the Manager to report to the Council on plans to provide substantial increased funding in the Estimates for Junk Collections in 2006?

• Q4 Estimates Provision Junk Collection