COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO. 94

MOTION: Councillor Peter Kavanagh, Councillor Liam Sinclair, Councillor L. Donaghy, Councillor S.McEneaney

Natural, Cultural and Built Heritage - pg 90 Motion: To amend NCBH 18 Objective 1 as follows: To establish an environment for promoting cross cultural awareness, racial harmony, mutual understanding and appreciation of all religious and ethnic traditions within the County, including development of public spaces with cross-cultural appeal and relevance.

REPORT:

This motion proposes to amend NCBH 18 Objective 1 of the Draft Plan from:

“To work towards establishing an environment for promoting cross cultural awareness, racial harmony, mutual understanding and appreciation of all religious and ethnic traditions within the County.

To:

“To establish an environment for promoting cross cultural awareness, racial harmony, mutual understanding and appreciation of all religious and ethnic traditions within the County, including development of public spaces with cross-cultural appeal and relevance”.

The establishment of an environment for promoting cross cultural awareness and racial harmony can be achieved through the promotion of quality urban design policies and objectives to achieve spaces and places to facilitate social and cultural diversity and interaction. There are a number of existing policies and objectives in the Draft Plan to support this, such as:

QDP 4 Objective 2 “Promote a high standard of building and urban design, creating public spaces that are distinctive, safe accessible and facilitate social and cultural diversity and interaction”.

COS Policy 1: “Promote social inclusion and community development and encourage active participation and social integration of minority and marginalised groups, consistent with RPO 9.1 and RPO 9.2 of the RSES”.

COS 1 Objective1: “To provide appropriate and accessible community facilities to meet the needs of all citizens of the County, including an ageing population, consistent with NPOs28 and 30 of the NPF”.

COS 1 Objective 3: “To support and facilitate the implementation of local plans and programmes (and any superseding documents) with a social inclusion and community development focus including:

−Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (2018-2022)

−South Dublin County Council Integration Strategy (2019-2023) – A More   Inclusive County

− The South Dublin County Traveller Accommodation Programme (2019-2024)

−South Dublin Disability Accommodation Strategy

−South Dublin Age Friendly Strategy (2020- 2024)

−A Strategy for a Healthy South Dublin (2019-2022)”.

However, the proposed amendment is considered acceptable

 Recommendation:  It is recommended that this motion is adopted to amend NCBH 18 Objective 1 to read:

“To establish an environment for promoting cross cultural awareness, racial harmony, mutual understanding and appreciation of all religious and ethnic traditions within the County, including development of public spaces with cross-cultural appeal and relevance”.