Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by thanking Mr Gavin Poole, CFRAMS Manager, OPW, Eastern Region,  Ms Grace Glasgow, RPS Director, OPW and Mr Gerry O’Connell, Engineer in Charge, Environment and Transportation - Surface Water and Flood Management Services for their presentation in advance of the meeting on the Draft  Flood Risk Management Plans for Dublin.

He then extended congratulations to the Dublin Senior Football Team and Management on Saturday’s win in the All-Ireland Football Final.  The Ladies Football Team was also congratulated on their achievements. The City Council then approved a request which had already been agreed at the Protocol Committee meeting held 29^th September, 2016 for the attendance of Councillor M. Flynn at the 19th Annual Conference of the Association for Criminal Justice Research and Development on the theme of “Cybercrime”. On Friday, 7th October, 2016 in the Spencer Hotel, Excise Walk, IFSC, Dublin 1.

It was moved by Councillor  R. McAdam and seconded by Councillor V. Jackson “That Dublin City Council approves the Dublin Chief Executive answering the questions lodged”. The motion having been put and carried, written answers to the 129 questions lodged for the City Council meeting were issued. The Questions and Answers are set out in Appendix A attached.

The minutes of the Meeting of the City Council held on the 5^th September 2016 having been printed, certified by the Meetings Administrator, circulated to the Members and taken as read, were signed by the Lord Mayor.

It was proposed by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor C. Burke “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 272/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor D. Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 295/2016 and hereby approves the borrowing requirement as set out therein, subject to the sanction of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government” The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor R. McAdam and seconded by Councillor D. Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 270/2016 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

The City Council agreed to defer consideration of this report to the next monthly meeting to be held on the 7^th November 2016 to allow time for further consultation with Councillors.

The City Council agreed to defer consideration of this report to the next monthly meeting to be held on the 7^th November 2016 to allow time for further consultation with Councillors.

The City Council agreed to defer consideration of this report to the next monthly meeting to be held on the 7^th November 2016 to allow time for further consultation with Councillors.

It was moved by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor D. Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 287/2016 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor D. Flanagan and seconded by Councillor N Ó Muirí “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 293/2016 and hereby approves the contents therein ”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor A. Clancy “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 294/2016 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P McAuliffe and seconded by Councillor T. Brabazon “That Councillor Michael Mullooly  be appointed as a member to the Protocol Committee” The motion was put and carried.

The City Council agreed to defer the filling of this vacancy to their  next monthly meeting

It was proposed by Councillor S. McGrattan and seconded by Councillor  J. Boylan “That Councillor Gaye Fagan be appointed as a member to the Planning and Property Development Strategic Policy Committee” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor A Connaghan and seconded by Councillor V Jackson “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 265/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V. Jackson and seconded by Councillor D. Doolan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 271/2016”. The motion was put and carried. The city Council further agreed that any queries arising from this report on a monthly basis would be emailed in to the Housing Department.

It was proposed by Councillor A. Gilliland and seconded by Councillor D. Flanagan “It is hereby resolved that we, the Lord Mayor and members of Dublin City Council, being the Road Authority for the City of Dublin declare the roads and footpaths at Newtown Court Way, Dublin 17 (access road to Newtown Court) to be public roads and footpaths as shown on Drawing R.M.25089A, in accordance with Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993.” The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor D Flanagan and seconded by Councillor L O’Toole  “That We, the Lord Mayor and Members of Dublin City Council, being the Roads Authority for the City of Dublin and being of the opinion that the Public Right of Way over 2 footpaths at Belcamp Avenue, Moatview Gardens and Moatview Avenue, Darndale, Dublin 17, as shown on the attached Drawing No R.M. 36601, is no longer required for public use, extinguish the public right of way in accordance with Section 73 of the Roads Act 1993” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R, McGinley and seconded by Councillor C. Burke “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 285/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor N, Reilly and seconded by Councillor S, McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 278/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R, McGinley and seconded by Councillor R, McAdam “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 279/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V. Jackson and seconded by Councillor C. O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 280/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor M. Mac Donncha “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 281/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P McAuliffe and seconded by Councillor N Reilly “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 282/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 283/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R, McGinley and seconded by Councillor N. Ring “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 269/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R. Moynihan and seconded by Councillor A. Clancy “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 288/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor N. Ó Muirí and seconded by Councillor D. Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 289/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. Carney-Boud and seconded by Councillor A. Connaghan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 290/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor M. Mac Donncha and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 291/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. Burke and seconded by Councillor C. Ní Dhalaigh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 292/2016”. The motion was put and carried. The Chief Executive agreed to compile a report for Members on the proposed closure of Eden Quay.

It was proposed by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor M. Freehill “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 266/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V. Jackson and seconded by Councillor P. Hand l “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 296/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor M. Flynn and seconded by Councillor S. McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 268/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor A. Clancy and seconded by Councillor S. McGrattan“That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 267/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Lacey and seconded by Councillor A, Clancy “That Dublin City Council approves Report No 286/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

“Shopping Facilities on the Northside”. Following discussion, it was agreed to refer this topic to the Economic Development SPC,

Councillor O’Farrell amended Emergency Motion No 1 above to replace the words ‘the Arts & Cultural SPC’ with ‘councillors. The Chief Executive agreed that a meeting of Councillors from the Arts Cultural & Recreatsion SPC would be convened to discuss this issue.

·        that the Sunday Independent newspaper came into possession of confidential information pertaining to a homeless housing applicant.

·        that this information was then used in a distorted fashion by that newspaper to damage that applicant's standing as a campaigner around the issue of the housing and homelessness crisis resulting in great personal distress.

·        that a number of current and former public representatives and political activists then shared this article on social media in an effort to compound the damage to the housing applicant.

Furthermore that Dublin City Council:

·        Acknowledges that the Housing Assistance Payment scheme carries with it particular disadvantages for housing applicants seeking ultimately to be housed by the council and therefore declining accommodation under the Housing Assistance Payment scheme is neither uncommon nor unreasonable.

Dublin City Council therefore calls for

·        A statement from the Chief Executive regarding the circumstances of the information leak.

·        The amendment of the Housing Assistance Payment scheme so that social housing applicants who take it up are not removed from the allocations list and can progress on that list as normal until they are housed by the council so that they do not face the dilemma that currently exists when encouraged by Dublin City Council Homeless Services to partake in that scheme.

As this motion was still under discussion at the end of the meeting, it will be carried forward to the next monthly meeting of the City Council.