Agenda and minutes

Order:  Councillor Vincent Jackson was proposed by Councillor Críona Ní Dhálaigh, seconded by Councillor Daithí Doolan and was duly elected.

Order: Councillor Michael Pidgeon was proposed by Councillor Críona Ní Dhálaigh, seconded by Councillor Vincent Jackson and was duly elected.

Order: Agreed.  

Order: Replies to Questions and the Director of Services report circulated.

1.    Minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group held on 15/7/20 in relation to Traffic Matters in the South Central Area.

1.    Minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group held on 15/7/20 in relation to Traffic Matters in the South Central Area.

Order:  Report Noted

1.    St. James’s Linear Park masterplan update

2.    Nomination of one member to the St. Teresa’s Gardens Regeneration Board

3.    Liffey Vale Project Update

4.    Naming Proposal for a new development, Planning ref: 305324-19, located at: Newmarket Square, Dublin 8

5.    Naming Proposal for a new development, Planning ref: 4174/18, located at:

Lucan Road (Between Chapelizod Court and No. 688 Lucan Road) Chapelizod, Dublin 8.

6.    Director of Service’s Report.

1.    St. James’s Linear Park masterplan update

2.    Nomination of one member to the St. Teresa’s Gardens Regeneration Board

3.    Liffey Vale Project Update

4.    Naming Proposal for a new development, Planning ref: 305324-19, located at: Newmarket Square, Dublin 8

5.    Naming Proposal for a new development, Planning ref: 4174/18, located at: Lucan Road (Between Chapelizod Court and No. 688 Lucan Road) Chapelizod, Dublin 8.

6.    Director of Services Report.

Order:  1.        Report Noted

                  2.       Councillor Tina MacVeigh was nominated to the St. Teresa’s Regeneration Board. Nomination agreed.

    3.        Report Noted

    4.       Report Noted

    5.       Report Noted

             6.       Report noted, (see attachment).

1.    Sports and Recreation report for July 2020 – South Central Area

1.    Sports and Recreation report for July 2020 – South Central Area

      Order:  1.        Report noted.   

     Proposed lease of a substation site at Bonham Court, Bonham Street, Dublin

8 to the ESB.

1.  Proposed lease of a substation site at Bonham Court, Bonham

                       Street, Dublin 8 to the ESB.

            Order:  1.      Report noted.

The Area Committee agrees to carry out a traffic audit of Ballyfermot Road to assess any recent decisions made to traffic management along Ballyfermot Road and reverse those that are having a negative impact on traffic flow. The audit is circulated to councillors as soon as possible and presented at the next SCAC meeting.

Cllr. Daithí Doolan & Cllr. Críona Ní Dhálaigh

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

SOUTH CENTRAL AREA COMMITTEE

15^th July 2020

M.47    Councillor Daithí Doolan

This Area Committee congratulates DCC on the completion of the skateboard park on Le Fanu Road.

To ensure that the park remains a resource for the whole community we call on DCC to ensure:

1. It is properly and adequately fenced in.

2. Locked at night.

3. CCTV provides security coverage and is monitored in real time.

4. Bollards are erected at the Blackditch Road entrance

5. A zebra crossing is installed at the Blackditch Road entrance.

These works are to be carried out in an agreed time frame as soon as  possible. 

M.48    Councillor Vincent Jackson

That Dublin City Council please ensure that day to day management of the new skateboard park in the Le Fanu Park, Ballyfermot, is put in place to address the disgraceful behaviour of a small number of users of the facility.  Neighbours are very disappointed that the facility was opened without notice and without security. We can all see what has happened over the past week since opening, however, much of this could have been prevented.  I would ask that all issues be addressed as a matter of urgency to address most of these problems:-

·         Opening / Closing times

·         Age appropriateness of equipment

·         Railings,

·         Signage

·         Barriers,

·         Bins

·         Refurbishment of pavilion

·         Security cameras etc.

We are going to arrange a meeting with An Garda Siochana, Youth Services and Dublin City Council officials.  Neighbours have also requested they meet.

With the experience of Covid 19 I would have hoped as a public health issue the ability of being able to lock up parks / play facilities would be incorporated as a feature going forward.

M.49    Councillor Daithí Doolan

The South Central Area Committee takes the opportunity to congratulate Eileen Flynn on her historic appointment by An Taoiseach to the Seanad. We wish Eileen all the very best in her new role. 

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL

SOUTH CENTRAL AREA COMMITTEE

15^th July 2020

M.47    Councillor Daithí Doolan

This Area Committee congratulates DCC on the completion of the skateboard park on Le Fanu Road.

To ensure that the park remains a resource for the whole community we call on DCC to ensure:

1. It is properly and adequately fenced in.

2. Locked at night.

3. CCTV provides security coverage and is monitored in real time.

4. Bollards are erected at the Blackditch Road entrance

5. A zebra crossing is installed at the Blackditch Road entrance.

These works are to be carried out in an agreed time frame as soon as  possible. 

            Order:  Agreed

M.48    Councillor Vincent Jackson

That Dublin City Council please ensure that day to day management of the new skateboard park in the Le Fanu Park, Ballyfermot, is put in place to address the disgraceful behaviour of a small number of users of the facility.  Neighbours are very disappointed that the facility was opened without notice and without security. We can all see what has happened over the past week since opening, however, much of this could have been prevented.  I would ask that all issues be addressed as a matter of urgency to address most of these problems:-

·         Opening / Closing times

·         Age appropriateness of equipment

·         Railings,

·         Signage

·         Barriers,

·         Bins

·         Refurbishment of pavilion

·         Security cameras etc.

We are going to arrange a meeting with An Garda Siochana, Youth Services and Dublin City Council officials.  Neighbours have also requested they meet.

With the experience of Covid 19 I would have hoped as a public health issue the ability of being able to lock up parks / play facilities would be incorporated as a feature going forward.

            Order:  Agreed

M.49    Councillor Daithí Doolan

The South Central Area Committee takes the opportunity to congratulate Eileen Flynn on her historic appointment by An Taoiseach to the Seanad. We wish Eileen all the very best in her new role. 

Order:  Agreed