Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by expressing condolences on his own behalf and on behalf of the City Council to the family and friends of : the late Trevor O’Neill, City Council staff member,  who was brutally murdered in Majorca on 17th August, 2016, the late Peter Barry, former Tánaiste who died 26th August and  ‘Batman Ben’ (Ben Farrell) who died 17th August. All stood for a minute’s silence as a mark of respect for all of the deceased. The Lord Mayor informed the Members that if any of them wanted to donate to the Trevor O’Neill Appeal Fund, they could do so by contacting the Chief Executive’s Office to have a deduction made from their September expenses.

The Lord Mayor then informed the Members that the OPW would like to make a presentation on the Draft Flood Risk Management Plans at the City Council meeting in October, a 30 minute presentation with Q&A afterwards.  It was agreed that the presentation would be made before the start of the meeting on the 3rd October, starting at 5.45pm.

The Lord Mayor also informed the Members that the Chief Executive had undertaken to bring a report to the City Council on the issue of an alleged breach of Data Protection in relation to a citizen who had accessed a service provided by Dublin City Council.

Ceisteannafé Bhuan Ordú Úimhir 16 -– 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 138 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 V Jackson and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter”. The motion was put and carried.

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

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

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

It was moved by Councillor V. Jackson 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 Special Meetings held on 30^th and 31^st May and 1^st June, the Annual Meeting of Council held on 27^th June, Monthly Meeting of City Council held on 4^th July 2016 and Special Meeting the 25^th July 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 S. McGrattan and seconded by Councillor N. Reilly “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 242/2016”. 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 243/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

(a)   Protocol Committee (2 vacancies) : It was proposed by Councillor H. De Nortuin and seconded by Councillor E. Ryan “That Councillor John Lyons be appointed as a member to the Protocol Committee” The motion was put and carried. Filling of the 2^nd vacancy was deferred to the October City Council meeting.

(b)   Local Community Development Committee – 2 vacancies. Councillor T. Brabazon proposed that Councillor Paul McAuliffe be re-appointed to the Local Community Development Committee and this was agreed. It was then proposed by Councillor R. Moynihan and seconded by the Lord Mayor “That Councillor D. Lacey be appointed as a member to Local Community Development Committee” The motion was put and carried.

(c)   Dublin City Joint Policing Committee – 1 vacancy. It was proposed by Councillor T. Brabazon and seconded by Councillor D. Costello “That Councillor Michael Mullooly be appointed as a member to the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee” The motion was put and carried.

(d)   Parnell Square Special Committee following the resignation of Councillor Paul McAuliffe – 1 vacancy. It was proposed by Councillor T. Brabazon and seconded by Councillor V. Jackson “That Councillor Nial Ring be appointed as a member to represent Dublin City Council on the Parnell Square Special Committee” The motion was put and carried.

(e)   Dublin North East Regional Health Forum following the resignation of Councillor Ray McAdam ­– 1 vacancy. The City Council agreed to defer the filling of this vacancy to the October City Council meeting.

It was proposed by Councillor V. Jackson and seconded by Councillor T. Keegan “That  Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 236/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor S. McGrattan and seconded by Councillor J. Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 243/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

The Chief Executive outlined the background to the Agreement on the resolution of ‘Priory Hall’. He explained that in line with this Agreement, which was widely welcomed by all parties at the time, the City Council is contractually obliged to dispose of units in Priory Hall which have come into its ownership and to apply the proceeds as provided for in the Agreement. A key principle underlying the Agreement was an acceptance by all parties at the time that the tenure profile in Priory Hall would not be changed. He warned the Elected Members that the Council cannot unilaterally amend the terms of the Agreement and that any attempt to do so will almost certainly lead to the Agreement unravelling which in turn would expose the Council to considerable costs. While he was happy to approach the other parties to see if they would be amenable to a higher social housing share in New Priory he could not guarantee that any such approach would be successful.

Amendment No 1 in the names of Councillors Michael O’Brien and Eilis Ryan was put to a roll call vote and defeated – for full text and vote on this amendment, see Appendix B to these Minutes

         Amendment No 2 in the names of Councillors John Lyons, Andrew Keegan, Tina MacVeigh and Hazel De Nortuin was put to a roll call vote and defeated  – for full text and vote on this amendment, see Appendix C to these Minutes

         Amendment No 3 in the names of Councillors Alison Gilliland, Andrew Montague, Dermot Lacey, Jane Horgan-Jones, Rebecca Moynihan and Aine Clancy was put to a roll call vote (Appendix D) and agreed.

The text of the agreed amended report was as follows :

“That in light of the fact that subsequent to the agreement reached in October 2013 regarding the refurbishment and future sale of the apartments at Priory Hall a homelessness and accommodation crisis of unprecedented proportions has emerged that the text of the Assistant Chief Executive’s report be amended so as to delete lines 15 to 18 replace their text with the following:

•           Approval in principle is now being sought to seek to amend the agreement reached in October 2013 regarding the refurbishment and future sale of the apartments at Priory Hall so that:

1)         a)  Dublin City Council retains sufficient units so as to increase an overall DCC managed social housing level to 30% within the entire Priory Hall development, mirroring the level of social housing ratios agreed for the Oscar Traynor Lands.

b) Dublin City Council also retains sufficient units so as to provide an overall owner-occupier affordable housing level of 30% within the entire Priory Hall development to support those who meet the income criteria to be eligible for local authority house purchase loans

2)         That a request be made to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government for the establishment by DCC of an appropriate Affordable Housing scheme for low income workers to allow the implementation  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

It was proposed by Councillor V. Jackson and seconded by Councillor S. McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 214/2016”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Doolan  and seconded by Councillor D. De Roiste  “That Dublin City Council adopts Report No 225/2016 and approves the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee Annual Report 2015”  The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C O’Moore and seconded by Councillor D. O’Farrell “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 the Spine Road, Venetian Hall (from Howth Road up to the Railway Bridge) Killester, Dublin 5, to be public roads and footpaths as shown on Drawing R.M. 25546A in accordance with Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. O’Farrell and seconded by Councilor C. O’Moore “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 footpaths at 14 to 17 Vernon Court, Seafield Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3, to be public footpaths as shown on Drawing R.M. 25895C in accordance with Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor V. Jackson “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 256/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor M .Flynn and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 247/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R. McGinley and seconded by Councillor A. Connaghan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 248/2016 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 249/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Flanagan and seconded by Councillor P. McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 250/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor M. Flynn and seconded by Councillor J. Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No /2512016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor N. Ring and seconded by Councillor R. McGinley “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 252/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Flanagan and seconded by Councillor K. Binchy “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 253/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. O’Moore and seconded by Councillor N. O Muiri “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 254/2016 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P. McCartan and seconded by Councillor D. Lacey “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 215/2016” The motion was put and carried. Members requested that a meeting be sought with Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, Shane Ross, T.D to discuss cycle-track funding. Members also agreed to refer Item 12 of this breviate to the North West Area Committee for their consideration.

It was proposed by Councillor A. Montague and seconded by Councillor C Carney Boud “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 235/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R. Moynihan and seconded by Councillor M. Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 231/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Doolan and seconded by Councillor C. Ní Dhálaigh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 246 /2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. Ni Dhálaigh and seconded by Councillor N. O Muiri “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 228/2016” The motion was put and carried. Councillor  C. Ní  Dhálaigh asked for an update on the subcommittee that was to be formed to Develop Terms of Reference on the Study of Social Integration and Tenure Diversity.

It was proposed by Councillor P. Hand and seconded by Councillor  A. Clancy “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 238/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P. Hand and seconded by Councillor A. Clancy “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 239/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor N. Reilly and seconded by Councillor C. Carney Boud “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 230/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. O’Moore and seconded by Councillor M. Mac Donncha “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 233/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. Burke and seconded by Councillor J. Boylan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 229/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor P. Hand and seconded by Councillor R. Mc Hugh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 232/2016” 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 223/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Doolan and seconded by Councillor A. Connaghan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 240/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Doolan and seconded by Councillor A. Connaghan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 241/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. De Roiste and seconded by Councillor G. Kelly “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 226/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor C. O’Moore and seconded by Councillor A. Connaghan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 234/2016” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D. Lacey and seconded by Councillor A. Clancy “That Dublin City Council hereby approves Report No 237/2016” The motion was put and carried.

a)     Motion No I – Councillor P. Hand

b)     Motion No 2 – Councillor C. Andrews

c)     Motion No 6 – Councillor J. Lyons