Issue - meetings

That the Protocol Committee agrees;

The Law Agent shall carry out an opinion on the practices, procedures and decisions adopted by the Subcommittee of the Arts, Culture, Leisure & Recreation SPC established to explore cultural uses and occupancy of the former DIT School of Music on Chatham Row (the “Subcommittee”), and that this opinion would include, but not be limited to;

·         evaluating whether there was any objective or subjective bias present in any aspect of the decision making process and as part of this evaluation, assess the public statements made by members of the Subcommittee at the Arts, Culture, Leisure and Recreation SPC meeting of the 27^th of November 2023 and thereafter at the monthly council meeting on the 4^th of December 2023;

·         considering the relevant powers of both the Arts, Culture, Leisure and Recreation SPC and the Subcommittee to make a decision restricting the right of an entity to negotiate a lease with the Property section of Dublin City Council;

·         clarifying the relevant executive or reserved functions in respect of the power to award, modify, extend or refuse to extend a lease, or a meanwhile use lease, specifically in the case of the premises of the former DIT School of Music on Chatham Row;

·         probing the outcome of the Subcommittee and the extent to which the Property section of Dublin City Council are legally bound by this outcome; and

·         Identifying any other relevant matter, including standing orders, local government acts, general principles of procurement and general principles of fair procedure that may have application to the process, procedures and decision of the Subcommittee. 

Cllr. James Geoghegan spoke to his motion which was seconded by Mannix Flynn. The motion was put to a vote and the following is a breakdown of the result. Cat O’Driscoll, Deirdre Heney and Anne Feeney abstained. Mannix Flynn, Naoise O’Muiri voted in favour. Anthony Connaghan, Racheal Batten, Noeleen Reilly, Janet Horner, Dermot Lacey and Fiona Connelly voted against.

Order: The motion was defeated.