Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by remembering the 361 people who died in the earthquake in Mexico on 20^th September 2017. He said he had written to the Mexican Ambassador to Ireland to express the sympathies of the people of Dublin.

The recent shooting tragedy in Los Angeles was also remembered and a minute’s silence was held as a mark of respect to those who lost their lives in these events.

     He said he had also written to the Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy expressing his deep concern regarding the fact that at least 712 Catalan Mayors (75% of the total) have been summoned by Spain’s prosecutor because of their public support to the self-determination referendum scheduled for October the 1^st.

     He said he also wrote to Mayor Ana Colau of Barcelona in response to her letter of 27^th September offering his continuing support and solidarity to the people of Barcelona.   She advised that she would be calling on the European Commission to open a mediation space for the Spanish Government and the Catalan Regional Government to take part in.  I agreed with her that international intervention via the EU is now urgently required.

     The Lord Mayor then said he was pleased to report that mediation has been arranged to address recent industrial relations issues in New Priory. The Lord Mayor was then joined by Members and officials in congratulating Councillor Claire O’Connor on her recent marriage and wishing herself and her husband every happiness.

Conferences for approval - Referred from Protocol Meeting held 28^th September 2017

·                  Irish Planning Institute – Autumn Planning Conference 2017

·                  Urban Land Institute Ireland Conference 2017

The Lord Mayor then invitedMinister Eoghan Murphy of the Housing, Planning, Community & Local Government Department to address the meeting, saying that the Minister would answer questions at the end of his presentation. Minister Murphy then outlined in great detail his plans and initiatives to tackle housing needs/supply, both current and into the future, to meet the increasing demand and also to find solutions to the ever increasing problem of homelessness.

He gave a comprehensive update on all aspects of the very many schemes and plans that were currently in place or being worked on to address the situation from a government point of view and asked that Members come forward with any other ideas they might have as innovative solutions to the problem. He acknowledged that progress was slower than he would like but emphasised that so much had been done on several fronts to tackle the problem and that new initiatives were being considered on an on-going basis. Members thanked the Minister for coming to the meeting and for his presentation and then put their points of view to him, asking many and varied questions which the Minister answered.

It was moved by Councillor  V Jackson and seconded by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh “That Dublin City Council approves the Dublin Chief Executive answering the questions lodged”. The motion having been put and carried, written answers to the 121 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 C Burke and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “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 4th September 2017 adjourned meeting held on the 19th September 2017 and the LPT Meeting held on the 19th September 2017, having been printed, certified by the Meetings Administrator, circulated to the Members and taken as read, were signed by the Lord Mayor.

Members expressed their ongoing concern in relation to the situation in Myanmar and particularly the fact that Aung San Suu Kyi.had been granted the Freedom of Dublin City. Members were informed that a letter had been sent by the Lord Mayor to Aung San Suu Kyi expressing the concern of the City Council.

It was moved by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 326/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

“That Dublin City Council expresses deep concern over the withdraw from service of two Dublin Fire Brigade appliances, one based in North Strand and a second in Dolphin's Barn Fire Station, and the impact that this could have on the delivery of critical emergency services in Dublin. We are calling upon management to immediately consult with Dublin Fire Brigade staff and bring forward proposals to address this serious issue in order to ensure the ability of Dublin Fire Brigade to provide emergency services which are not compromised”

Submitted by the Lord Mayor and Councillors D. Doolan, C. Ní Dhalaigh, R. McHugh, G. Kelly, N. Reilly, G. Fagan and J. Boylan

It was moved by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 311 /2017 and hereby approves the contents therein ”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor C Burke “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 312/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein ”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 340/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor D Flanagan and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 344/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor N O Muiri and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 300/2017 and hereby approves the contents therein”.

Two amendments to this report were put forward – see Appendix B to these minutes for the full text of these amendments. A vote was taken to decide whether or not to debate the amendments and it was agreed by the Members to proceed to vote on the amended report without further debate. The Amendments were each put to a vote and agreed. See Appendix C to these minutes for the full details of these votes. The amended Report No 300/2017 was then put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor A Montague “That Councillor Mary Freehill be appointed as a member to the Enterprise & Economic Development Strategic Policy Committee” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Lacey and seconded by Councillor A Montague  “That Councillor Dermot Lacey be appointed as a member to represent Dublin City Council on the CDETB (City of Dublin Education and Training Board” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor T MacVeigh and seconded by Councillor H De Nortuin  “That Councillor  Andrew Keegan be appointed as a member to the Housing Strategic Policy Committee” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor A Keegan and seconded by Councillor H De Nortuin “That Councillor Tina MacVeigh be appointed as a member to the Environment Strategic Policy Committee” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 285/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

Report No 285/2017 was taken in conjunction with the next item, Report No 323/2017. An amendment to Material Alteration Reference Number 3 in Report Number 285/2017 was put forward by Councillor C Ni Dhalaigh relating to the provision of community, creative and artistic space. A composite motion replacing Motions 6, 7 & 8 in Report 323/2017 on Material Alteration Number 3 and incorporating Cllr Ni Dhálaigh’s amendment was put forward at the meeting and agreed – for full details see Appendix D to these minutes.

Thisreport contained23 motions submittedby Members.These motionswere proposedby thesubmitting Councillorand allwere secondedby theLord Mayor.They werethen consideredby theCity Counciland eitherthe ChiefExecutive’sReport wasaccepted orthe Motionwasagreed. –full detailsofthe resultsofthese considerationscan befound inAppendixD to these minutes.Vote No 4 was taken onMotion No 3 – seeAppendixE for thefull detailsofthis vote.

Itwasthen proposedby CouncillorD Laceyand secondedby CouncillorO McCartan“That DublinCity Council,having consideredthe PoolbegWest dratPlanningScheme andthe ChiefExecutive’sReports No’s176/2017, 285/2017and 323/2017,in accordancewiththe Planningand DevelopmentAct 2000as amended,hereby resolvesto makethe PoolbegWest PlanningScheme”. Themotion wasput and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor S McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 338/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor S McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 346/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor A Montague and seconded by Councillor N Sammon “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 310/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was then proposed by Councillor N Reilly and seconded by Councillor A Clancy “That Dublin City Council, having considered the Ballymun draft Local Area Plan and the Chief Executive’s Reports No’s 199/2017, 254/2017 and 310/2017, in accordance with the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended, hereby resolves to make the Ballymun Local Area Plan” 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 342/2017 and hereby approves the borrowing requirement as set out therein, subject to the sanction of the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government” 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 343/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor C Cuffe and seconded by Councillor P Hand “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 351/2017 and hereby resolves to make Dublin City Council Control of On-Street Stationless Bicycle Hire Bye-Laws 2017 as outlined in the report”.  The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor J Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.316/2017 and approves the addition of, to the Record of Protected Structures in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor J Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.317/2017 and approves the addition of, to the Record of Protected Structures in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor J Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.318/2017 and approves the addition of, to the Record of Protected Structures in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McAdam and seconded by Councillor J Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.319/2017 and approves the addition of, to the Record of Protected Structures in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor S McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.320/2017”.  Members noted that  it was recommended by Management not to add Fumbally Exchange, 5 Dame Lane, Dublin 2 to the Record of Protected Structures. However, it was proposed by Councillor R Moynihan and seconded by Councillor V Jackson “That Dublin City Council hereby approves the addition of Fumbally Exchange, 5 Dame Lane, Dublin 2, to the Record of Protected Structures in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000” The motion was put to a vote (Vote No 5) and carried. Before the vote was taken, the Lord Mayor informed Members that if they voted to reject the Management recommendation in the report, then the effect of the vote would be to add Fumbally Exchange to the Record of Protected Structures. Full details of the vote can be found in Appendix F to these Minutes.

The Lord Mayor then referred to an Emergency Motion he had received from Cllr O’Farrell, Flynn, Brabazon, Ring and Mahon in relation to a letter sent by four of these councillors to the Chief Executive in relation to a recent Part 8 for Fairview Cycleway. The Lord Mayor explained that no emergency motions could be taken at the adjourned meeting as they had been taken at the meeting on the 2nd October. However, the Chief Executive informed Members that

It was proposed by Councillor M Flynn and seconded by Councillor A Feeney “That Dublin City Council considers Report No.321/2017”

Members were then informed that an amendment to this report had been put forward by Councillors R McGinley and A Feeney. The amendment was agreed and accordingly the following resolution was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor A Feeney:

“That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.321/2017 as amended and approves the addition of Structures within curtilage, including college chapel, building to the south of the chapel, red brick L shaped wing, exterior northern boundary wall on Bloomfield Avenue and excluding post 1930 structures, St Mary's College, Gayfield, Bloomfield Avenue, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 (Site is also known as 'Avila'), to the Record of Protected Structures in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000”.

The motion was put and carried. Full details of the Amendment can be found in Appendix G to these minutes.

It was proposed by Councillor N Ring and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No.322/2017 and approves the amendment of the Record of Protected Structures from Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, Training College (Department of Education) and gate lodge, to Department of Education comprising former Teacher Training College; Tyrone House; associated gate lodges; former Model School & Scoil Chaoimhín in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor M Flynn and seconded by Councillor R McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes Report No 315/2017 and hereby approves the proposals for Dublin City Council to enter into a lease agreement as outlined therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 314/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 329/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 330/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 331/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 333/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 334/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 335/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 324/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 313/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 339/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 328/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 336/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 341/2017” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor T Keegan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 345/2017” The motion was put and carried.

Topical Issue was not taken.