COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, March 08, 2021
HEADED ITEM NO. 4 (d) (ii)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES - FOR NOTING
d) Housing SPC
(ii) Minutes of Meeting of the Housing Strategic Policy Committee held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, 3rd December 2020 via Microsoft Teams
In attendance:
Cllr. C. O’Connor; Cllr. B. Pereppadan; Cllr. J. Tuffy; Cllr. L. Donaghy; S. Harty (PPN) and B. Tyrrell-Collard (ICTU).
Apologies:
Cllr. K. Mahon; Cllr. D. O’Donovan.
Officials in attendance:
C. Ward, Director of Services; M. Staunton, Senior Executive Officer; N. Hanly, Senior Executive Officer; E. Leech, Senior Executive Officer; M. Murtagh, Administrative Officer; J. Sweeney, Senior Staff Officer.
The meeting was chaired by Cllr. C. O’Connor.
At the commencement of the meeting Cllr. O’Connor, Chair, advised that it is expected that the upcoming plenary meeting of the PPN on 7th December will agree a replacement for the current vacancy on the Housing SPC.
HI.1 - Minutes of Housing SPC Meeting on 10th September 2020.
The minutes of the Housing Strategic Policy Committee Meeting of 10th September 2020 were agreed.
HI.2 – Matters Arising
None
HI.3 Rightsizing Policy
A report from the SPC sub-group on Rigthsizing, a draft Policy for Rightsizing and Allocation of Age Friendly Accommodation and an associated pre-recorded presentation were circulated by N. Hanly in advance of the meeting for consideration by members.
N. Hanly commended the work of the sub-committee on the draft policy and provided a summary. C. Ward drew members attention to key points of the draft policy for ratification, pointing out that the final draft allowed for a degree of flexibility within the guidelines facilitating refinement in advance of implementation. C. Ward further advised that the draft policy was endorsed by Age Friendly Ireland and places this Council at the forefront in policy development in this area and recommended the draft policy to the members for approval.
It was noted that any change in the Council’s allocation policy requires ministerial approval.
There were questions and contributions by Cllr. J. Tuffy, B. Tyrrell-Collard and S. Harty which were responded to by C. Ward and N. Hanly and it was AGREED that the draft policy be recommended for approval by the full Council.
HI.4 Mixed Tenure Developments Update
A pre-recorded presentation by M. Staunton had been circulated prior to the meeting providing details of each site and progress report on current stage of development.
Cllr. O’Connor, Chair, placed on record that Cllr. Tuffy had proposed an item for discussion at the meeting in relation to the delivery of social and affordable housing in the County which was not included on the agenda. C. Ward reiterated his apology and advised that a report at this point would present a less than complete picture and that full and final 2020 outturn details together with targets for 2021 and pipeline beyond will be ready for the Feb 2021 SPC meeting.
There were contributions by Cllr. Tuffy which were responded to by C. Ward and the report was NOTED.
HI.5 Allocations Report (including Homeless Data)
A pre-recorded presentation by N. Hanly had been circulated prior to the meeting providing a breakdown and analysis of the South Dublin County Council housing waiting list and homeless data with comparisons over a three-year period from 2018 to-date.
Following contributions from Cllr. O’Connor, B. Tyrrell Collard and S. Harty which were responded to by C. Ward and N. Hanly there was a commitment to provide an overview at the February SPC meeting of void properties and time taken to re-let. The report was NOTED.
HI.6 Anti-Social Behaviour Report
A pre-recorded presentation by E. Leech had been circulated prior to the meeting providing a definition of anti-social behaviour, a breakdown of incidents by LEA, actions taken by SDCC to mitigate such behaviour and new strategies planned for 2021. An overview was provided of a community focussed programme being trialled in the South Inner City to tackle anti-social behaviour based on the identification of hot-spots for criminal behaviour and the development of ‘Community Crime Impact Assessments’ to inform local policing and community strategies and plans to pilot this initiative in Balgaddy. The endorsement of the committee was sought to bring the proposed pilot programme before the JPC meeting.
Cllr. O’Connor asked that the report be returned to TACM where the matter was originally raised by Cllr. C. King.
Following questions and contributions by Cllr. D. Donaghy, Cllr. O’Connor, Cllr. Tuffy and S. Harty, Cllr. K. Mahon and S. Harty which were responded to by E. Leech and C. Ward, it was proposed that a representative of the Community Action Network (CAN) would be invited to address the JPC, a detailed report be circulated to members and, if successful, the programme could be rolled out to other areas. It was AGREED that the proposal be brought to the JPC for consideration.
HI.7 A.O.B.
C. Ward updated the committee on the delay in the launch of the Integrated Housing System due to a technical issue and impact of Covid-19 on training delivery.
The meeting concluded at 6:35 pm.