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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Thursday, June 23, 2016

MOTION NO. 1

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle, Councillor V. Casserly

That this Area Committee:

Noting:

• The recent refusal, by An Bord Pleanala, of planning permission for a privately-developed facility at Ballyowen Castle which was to re-house HSE services in Lucan;
• The ongoing need for improved facilities and increased capacity in terms of primary care provision and assessment and therapeutic services for person with disabilities and special needs in the Lucan area, particularly noting its population is in excess of Waterford City;
• The need to enhance community-based care services for the elderly, particularly in the Lucan Village area where there is a higher proportion of older residents;
• The significant local opposition to the proposal (in the context of the Ballyowen Castle planning application) to close the Dispensary Lane Health Centre in Lucan Village;

Proposes:

• The development, to be led by the HSE, of a purpose built Primary Care Centre for Lucan on a greenfield site to include space for assessment and therapeutic services for persons with disabilities and special needs;
• The retention of a satellite centre at Dispensary Lane including public health nursing services for local families and a nurse-led day care services for the elderly;

Resolves to:

• Invite representatives of the HSE (BOTH from the Local Health Office AND Estates function) to meet with members of this Committee to discuss the proposals set-out in this motion;
• Requests the Chief Executive of this Council to assign relevant managers from both the Land-Use Planning and Economic Development directorates to attend this meeting and to support the potential realisation of these proposals, for example through identification, planning designation and/or disposal of an appropriate greenfield site.

REPORT:

Should the motion be passed, an invitation will issue to the HSE to meet with members of the Committee.

It is not considered appropriate that managers from Planning and Economic Development attend such a meeting, the provision of support from the executive would be better provided in a pre-planning forum where matters can be discussed and assistance given as is customary.