COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

MOTION NO. 11

MOTION: Councillor T. Delaney

That the Members of the Clondalkin Area Committee agree to implement a poster ban within to be agreed boundaries of Clondalkin Village to include election, meeting posters etc. This motion is submitted in an effort to encourage the efforts of the newly formed 'Tidy Towns' group.

REPORT:

At the November Environment SPC meeting a Draft Code of Practice on Election Posters in South Dublin County developed by a subgroup was brought to the meeting for approval. The draft was presented to the December Council meeting - the Report was NOTED with cognisance that a Headed Item on the voluntary election poster policy be listed for consideration by full Council in due course.

On foot of  the following suspensory motion which was passed at the March Area Committee meeting stating - “That this Committee in an effort to support the newly formed Clondalkin Tidy Towns Group agree to implement a poster ban within ‘to be agreed’ boundaries of Clondalkin Village to include election, meeting posters, etc.”

The designated areas for the Clondalkin area may be defined by the following methods

·        Name stones boundaries

·        Tidy Towns boundaries

·        Route of town cleansing

In Lucan where this code is already in place, the area agreed with the Lucan Tidy Towns group is between the village name stones.

Approval is sought to place an agreed map outlining the boundaries on a “No Election Poster” zone in Clondalkin for public consultation.

It is also proposed to place this item as a headed item on all Area Committees and report the views to a full Council Meeting.

It should be noted that the designation of poster free areas within the specified boundaries is a voluntary code and can only be implemented by agreement of the  political candidates.