Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by extending sympathy on behalf of the City Council to the families of the victims of the recent Grenville Tower fire in London. The City Council also remembered recently deceased Anne-Louise Gilligan. All stood for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for the deceased.

The Lord Mayor welcomed the announcement that the Home Sweet Home Foundation is to distribute remaining funds to other homeless agencies. He also informed the Members that a Special City Council meeting would be held on the 11th July to deal with several items including the Ballymun LAP. The City Council approved the attendance of Members at the McGill Summer School and on a study tour of the Netherlands being organised by the Irish Cycle Group at the end of August. Permission was granted for one or two Members if they wished to participate.

It was moved by Councillor  V Jackson and seconded by Councillor C Burke “That Dublin City Council approves the Dublin Chief Executive answering the questions lodged”. The motion having been put and carried, written answers to the 126 questions lodged for the City Council meeting were issued. The Questions and Answers are set out in Appendix A attached.

It was moved by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter”. The motion was put and carried.

The minutes of the Meeting of the City Council held on the on the 12th June 2017,  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 T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 235/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh and seconded by Councillor V Jackson “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 242/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried. The City Council further agreed that Community Gain was to be included.

It was moved by Councillor D Flanagan and seconded by Councillor R McGinley  “That Dublin City Council notes Report No  241/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P Hand “That Dublin City Council notes Report No  220/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor R Moynihan “That Councillor Vincent Jackson be appointed as Chairperson of the Culture, Recreation and Economic Services Strategic Policy Committee.

The City Council agreed to defer consideration of this item to the September monthly meeting.

It was proposed by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh and seconded by Councillor A Connaghan  “That Councillor Seamas McGrattan be appointed as a member to represent Dublin City Council on the Regional Health Forum Dublin  - North East” The motion was put and carried.

The City Council agreed to defer consideration of this item to the September monthly meeting.

It was proposed by Councillor S McGrattan and seconded by Councillor J Boylan “That Councillor Greg Kelly be appointed as a member to represent Dublin City Council on the Local Authorities Members Association” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 244/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor A Connaghan and seconded by Councillor C Ni Dhálaigh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 243/2017”. The motion was put and carried. The Lord Mayor confirmed that Minister Eoghan Murphy had provisionally agreed to attend the September monthly meeting.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 240/2017 and hereby approves the variation to the Scheme of Letting Priorities to Facilitate the Regeneration of Charlemont Street as set out therein.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P Dunne and seconded by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 237/2017 and hereby approves the. Development Framework for Strategic Development and Regeneration Area 12 as set out therein” The motion was put and carried. The City Council accepted assurances by management that a full sixed playing pitch would be built by the year 2021.

It was proposed by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor V Jackson  “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 222/2017 and approves the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor A Clancy and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 246/2017 and hereby approves the  Arts Bursaries 2017.as set out therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor L O’Toole “That Dublin City Council approves the initiation of the consultation process in relation to formulating the Dublin City Council  Control of Stationless On-street Bicycle Hire Byelaws 2017 as outlined in Report No 248/2017” The motion was put and carried. It was stressed that the Members that a clear definition of ‘bicycle’ must be included.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 232/2017 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 225/2017 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 226/2017 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 227/2017 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 228/2017 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 229/2017 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 230/2017 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 231/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” 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 233/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor D Doolan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 249/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor N Reilly “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 224/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor N Ó Muirí and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 223/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P McCartan and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 221/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor C Burke “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 245/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C O’Moore and seconded by Councillor C Burke “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 239/2017”. 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 236/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P Hand and seconded by Councillor P Dunne “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 236 /2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 247/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council approves Report No 234/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

No issue taken.

Dublin City Council is deeply concerned with the Government's new waste management proposals. We call on An tArdmhéara to write to Minister Naughten expressing this concern, asking that he stops these new charges, establishes a national regulator, introduces more measures to reduce, reuse and recycle waste, introduce a waiver scheme for those in receipt of welfare payments and those with medical conditions.

The motion was put and carried.

In the interest of the environment and public health and safety, this council agrees that waste management services be brought back under the control of the local authority.

The motion was put and carried.

Dublin City Council condemns moves to change the current waste charge regime without adequate and appropriate regulation in the sector. The current competition for the market (every household) approach to waste collection and management only serves to reduce waste workers' wages to the bare minimum and allows an inordinate number of overlapping bin lorry collections from each and every road and area across the city. Instead of this approach, domestic waste collection must be viewed as a public service. Therefore this council seeks that it adopts a competition for the market approach whereby DCC tenders out for the provision of domestic waste collection services within its entire municipal area, as one lot or several smaller lots, according to an agreed DCC established and implemented Regulatory and Payment Framework. Such a framework would include a waiver scheme for low income families, not just those with medical waste and a waiver for household with nappy waste and clear supports for reducing, reusing and recycling.

The motion was put and defeated.

 “In keeping with best practice and mindful of the connotations of the word ‘Lord’ in ‘Lord Mayor’ that this Council agrees to decommission the title ‘Lord Mayor’ and replace it with much more civic and inclusive title of ‘Civic Mayor’. This would be in keeping with a much more democratic description and title. The days of Lords go back to a time when Ireland was under foreign rule and in many respects, it is an alien, colonialist term. Dublin, the Capital of the Irish Republic, should assert itself and strike a new title and description for the elected chairperson and Civic Mayor of Dublin City and Council. Perhaps a plebiscite and a ballot among City Councillors could be considered here”

The Lord Mayor informed the Members that an amendment and an addendum to this motion had been submitted.

The amended motion, submitted by Councillors Lacey, Bourke, Jackson, Montague, Ni Dhalaihgh, Freehill, O Muiri, Ring, Byrne, McAuliffe and Carr, would read as follows - “In keeping with the traditional understanding of the term “Lord Mayor of Dublin” by Dubliners and supporting the wish to involve the people of Dublin in having their voice heard on the issue of a possible title change, as provided for in the Local Government (Reform) Act 2014,  agrees to request the City Council’s Public Participation Network to place the matter on their agenda and consult with their member organisations and to report back to the Council through the Local Community Development Committee and Protocol Committee”

The addendum submitted by Councillors O’Brien, Dunne and Ryan, was as follows ‘The Council furthermore resolves to invite the public to suggest a new motto for the City to replace Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (The Obedience of the citizens produces a happy city) which like ‘Lord Mayor’ .is a vestige of feudal times and not worthy of City with a  proud history of working class struggle’

An amendment to this addendum was then put forward by Councillor A Montague and seconded by Councillor D Lacey – to remove the words after ( ….happy city).

The amended motion was agreed as were the addendum and the amendment to the addendum. Therefore the final agreed motion was as follows –

“In keeping with the traditional understanding of the term “Lord Mayor of Dublin” by Dubliners and supporting the wish to involve the people of Dublin in having their voice heard on the issue of a possible title change, as provided for in the Local Government (Reform) Act 2014,  agrees to request the City Council’s Public Participation Network to place the matter on their agenda and consult with their member organisations and to report back to the Council through the Local Community Development Committee and Protocol Committeee. The Council furthermore resolves to invite the public to suggest a new motto for the City to replace Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (The Obedience of the citizens produces a happy city)”

“That Dublin City Council laments the decision to require elected members to pay a fee in order to make a submission or observation on planning matters and resolves to write to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government calling upon him to rectify the situation by passing the necessary amending legislation without delay. Furthermore, this Council resolves that its Protocol Committee shall consider, pending the enactment of the necessary legislative amendments, the feasibility of establishing a fund (to be established by way of amendment to the budget or as is otherwise appropriate) akin to that recommended by Cllr McAuliffe in his e-mail to all councillors dated 9 February 2017, noting that such a fund would be revenue neutral” The motion was put and carried.

“This council calls for the immediate release of the Craigavon Two, Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton. This is a human rights issue and not one of political ideology. The continued imprisonment of these men cast a shadow over the judicial system in the 6 counties. Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton have been imprisoned for over 8 years on contested evidence from a single unreliable witness. No actual evidence linking either man to the killing of PSNI Constable Stephen Carroll has been discovered. Echoes of past miscarriages of justice by the British State continue to undermine Nationalist trust in the judicial system in the 6 counties” The motion was put and carried.