Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by expressing sympathy on behalf of the City Council following the death of Mayor Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk who died 14^th January 2019. Condolences have been sent by the Lord Mayor’s Office to his family & the Ambassador of Poland to Ireland.

A further request was made by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the Chain of the Court of Conscience to be displayed as part of their exhibition as it moves to Limerick to be housed in the Istabraq Hall at Limerick City & County Museum for February / March 2019. The City Archivist Dr Mary Clark has no issue with this loan subject to certain conditions.  The Members agreed to the loan.

The Lord Mayor then invited the Chief Executive to provide the Members with an update on the Clontarf Flood Defence Scheme.

The Chief Executive informed Members that there is an existing Working Group comprised of Council officials, local Councillors and residents’ representatives that meets approx. every 6/8 weeks with considerable communication between meetings. This Group is working towards a design solution that will try to balance the desire to preserving the amenity of the promenade while at the same time satisfying the flood protection criteria of the OPW.

This work is not complete and no final design has been prepared. The Council’s Project Team is still working on options to reduce heights of the flood wall at the most acute areas (i.e. where the ground is low lying). The Project Team has given a commitment to examine the use of demountable barriers (i.e. pull up barriers) at locations where the wall height is greater than 1.4 metres. While this will require greater operational manning during high alert episodes, it will reduce wall heights except during these episodes.

The Project Team is considering innovative ways to share the work of the Group and assess the opinions of the wider community in Clontarf including the preparation of a video. The Team is open to suggestions as to how best this might be conducted. However, it would be premature to present options to the wider community until we are closer to a final design.

It is important to appreciate that some people, no matter how exhaustive the consultation process, will disagree with some aspects of the ultimate flood defence design. The City Council will not proceed with a planning submission to An Bord Pleanála if there is widespread local and political resistance to the final design proposal. The approval of the City Council will be sought before a submission is made to An Bord Pleanála.

If a broad level of agreement cannot be achieved on the final design specification and if it is not approved by the Elected Members, the Scheme will not go ahead and the Council will proceed to work on other priority flood defence schemes.

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 137 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 M Flynn and seconded by Councillor R McHugh “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter”. The motion was put and carried.

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

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

The minutes the Monthly Meeting of the City Council held on the 7^th January 2019, 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 S McGrattan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 55/2019”. The motion was put and carried.

It was moved by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor C Burke “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 40/2019 and hereby approves the proposals set out therein”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor S McGrattan and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 57/2019”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Doolan and seconded by Councillor V Jackson “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 42/2019”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 52/2019”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor M Flynn and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 12/2019”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Nial Ring and seconded by Councillor R McGinley that Option Six identified in Report 12/2019 be adopted as the new Area Structure following the 2019 Local Elections. The motion was put to a vote and was carried. Details of the vote are set out in Appendix B attached. 

It was proposed by Councillor M Flynn and seconded by Councillor V Jackson “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 48/2019 and initiates the public consultation process on the Draft Dublin City Council Parking Control  Bye-Laws 2019”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McGinley and seconded by Councillor C Byrne “That Dublin City Council adopts Report No. 41/2019 and makes Variation (No.6) to the Dublin City Development Plan 2016 – 2022 to change the zoning of lands at Marrowbone Lane from primarily Z9 (with smaller elements Z1, Z6 and Z10) to Z14 and to add new text to the Development Plan to set out a clear framework for the regeneration of the lands”. The motion was put to a vote and was carried. Details of the vote are set out in Appendix C attached. 

The City Council agreed to suspend Standing Orders to agree the following Emergency Motions without debate.

a)    This Council will agree to initiate the process to assess the De La Salle school building, hall and Monastery for the list of protected structures due to its social significance in the area. These building have been central to Ballyfermot since its conception and should continue to be there for future communities to utilise.

Submitted byCouncillor Hazel de Nortúin

b)      Dublin City Council calls on City Council management to buy the De La Salle lands in Ballyfermot with the view to preserving the buildings and developing the land in consultation with the community.

Submitted by Councillors D Doolan, G Kelly, R McHugh and C O’Moore

Motion No 1 submitted by Councillor M O’Brien and seconded by Councillor M MacDonncha, “That Dublin City Council:

• Notes the ceasefire in 2011 and verified acts of disarmament by ETA
• Further notes the subsequent announcement by ETA of its formal dissolution as an organisation
• Deplores the continuing policy of the Spanish state of dispersing Basque separatist prisoners to the farthest extremities of the Spanish state.
• Notes that this policy results in huge financial and physical hardship on the families of prisoners and contributes annually to road fatalities arising from long distance travel.
• Supports a programme prisoner relocation to the Basque land and of prisoner release 
• Furthermore, along with Amnesty International and 50 MEPs, notes with alarm the case of the Altsasu eight young people who following an altercation with two off duty Guardia Civil in a bar in 2016 have been found guilty of 'disobeying authority' charges (under appeal) resulting in severe jail sentences  
• Joins the calls of others internationally for their immediate release and the withdrawal of the charges 

·         Resolves to communicate the terms of this motion to the Spanish Ambassador and the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade”.

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 68/2019 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 59/2019 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 60/2019 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 61/2019 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 62/2019 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 63/2019 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 64/2019 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 65/2019 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 66/2019 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 70/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 69/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 46/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 54/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 67/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 39/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 47/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 50/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 45/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 49/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 51/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor D Flanagan “That Dublin City Council approves the contents of Report No 56/2019.” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor D Flanagan and seconded by Councillor R McAdam “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 43/2019.” The motion was put and carried.