Agenda and minutes

In Memoriam

The Lord Mayor extended her sympathies to the families of the following:

Veronica Dunne who died on 5th April, 2021.  A world renowned singer and teacher, she was a recipient of a Lord Mayor’s Award in 2008, presented by Lord Mayor Paddy Bourke.

Shay Healy who died on 9th April, 2021.  Broadcaster, Journalist and Songwriter who composed ‘What’s Another Year’, Ireland’s winning entry in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest.

Correspondence

On 8th April the Lord Mayor wrote to the Lord Mayor of Belfast Frank McCoubrey to offer our support and solidarity following the violence on the streets of Belfast over the past few weeks.

On 9th April the Lord Mayor wrote to the British Ambassador to Ireland HE Paul Johnston offering our condolences to the people of the UK following the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Hate Crime Webinar

The Lord Mayor held a Webinar titled “How to tackle Hate Crime and protect our people’ on Friday 26th March. In the morning session which was chaired by Anastasia Crickley, former Chairperson UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination we discussed the upcoming new Hate Crime Legislation.

In the afternoon session we discussed the new Hate Crime reporting system which An Garda Síochána are implementing.

The Lord Mayor thanked all those who attended, particularly her colleagues on Dublin City Council.

Youth Awards and Youth Webinar

This year as part of the monthly Lord Mayor’s Awards, the Lord Mayor introduced the first Youth Awards to celebrate the young people in the city who have been through so much. 

There will be two categories – Aged 5 – 12 and Aged 13 – 18.  Nominations are open until 21st April at bit.ly/YouthAwards2021.  If you know any young people who deserved recognition for how they’ve dealt with this pandemic, please nominate them.

The Youth Awards winners will be announced at a Youth Webinar which will be held on Thursday 29th April.  Registration for attendance at the Webinar will open tomorrow.

Committee on Homelessness

The Lord Mayor’s Homeless Task Force has now transitioned to the Housing SPC Committee on Homelessness and had its first meeting on 7th April where the various roles were identified and the Terms of Reference were agreed.

The next meeting in May will focus on Allocations and housing for single people.  Members were advised to contact the office of the Lord Mayor if they have any questions / issues they wish to raise.

Covid -19

The Lord Mayor supported the World Health Organisation plea for the equitable global distribution of all Vaccines, Treatments and therapies.

Congratulations

The Lord Mayor extended congratulations to Professor Linda Doyle on her appointment as the first female Provost of Trinity College Dublin and to Rachael Blackmore as the first female winner of the Aintree Grand National.

It was moved by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan 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 to these minutes.

It was moved by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that that Dublin City Council notes the contents of all correspondence listed. The motion was put and carried.

The minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on the 8th February 2021, the monthly City Council Meeting held on the 1st March 2021 and the Special City Council meeting held on the 8th March 2021having been printed, certified by the Meetings Administrator, circulated to the Members and taken as read, were signed by the Lord Mayor.  

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 1-7 Parkview, Kincora Court, Clontarf Dublin 3 to be public roads and footpaths as shown on Drawing R.M. 37542in accordance with Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 93/2021
and hereby approves the proposals set out therein. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 97/2021
and hereby approves the proposals set out therein. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 87/2021
and hereby approves the proposals set out therein. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 115/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 116/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 118/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 119/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 120/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 101/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 117/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 107/2021 and approves the addition of No. 6 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022 in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 as amended. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 108/2021 and approves the addition of No. 7 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022 in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 as amended. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 109/2021 and approves the addition of No. 8 Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022 in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 as amended. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 110/2021 and approves the addition of 139-149 North King Street, Dublin 7 to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022 in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 as amended. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 111/2021 and approves the addition of 139-149 North King Street, Dublin 7 to the Record of Protected Structures in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016-2022 in accordance with Section 54 and 55 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 as amended. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report 99/2021. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 91/2021. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 104/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 113/2021. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord
Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report
No. 102/2021 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put
and carried.

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 127/2021 and adopts the Annual Financial Statements 2020. The motion was put and carried.

The Executive Manager, Brendan O’Brien agreed to provide written responses to those Councillors to whom he did not get an opportunity to respond to during the meeting.  

It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary

Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report 103/2021. The motion

was put and carried.

This item was not reached and will be relisted for the May City Council meeting.

The following Topical Issues were proposed:

1.)   Dublin's City Centre Recovery Plan

2.)   Dog Fouling

Both topical issues were put to a vote but failed to receive the requisite two thirds support to be debated so neither issue was taken. Full details of the votes can be
found in Appendix B to these minutes.

Emergency Motions No.1 – No.5 were taken without debate. Emergency Motion No.6 was put to a vote and was carried. Full details of the vote can be found in Appendix C to these minutes

Emergency Motion No. 1

That this council supports a proposal to initiate a variation of the Dublin City Council Development Plan to include the historical Moore Street Area which includes the National Monument as an architectural conservation area.

Submitted by Councillors Donna Cooney, Lord Mayor Hazel Chu, Micheál Mac Donncha, Damian O'Farrell, Noeleen Reilly, Daithí Doolan, Mannix Flynn, Christy Burke, Pat Dunne, Seamas McGrattan, John Lyons, Patricia Roe, Máire Devine, Dearbháil Butler, Tina MacVeigh, Joe Costello, Janice Boylan, Eimer McCormack, Anthony Connaghan, Caroline Conroy, Alison Gilliland, Carolyn Moore, Darcy Lonergan, Janet Horner, Mary Freehill, Deirdre Heney, Tara Deacy, Deirdre Conroy, Declan Meenagh, Michael Pidgeon,  Claire Byrne,  Anthony Flynn,  Sophie Nicoullaud, Tom Brabazon,  Nial Ring,  Larry O'Toole,  Daniel Céitinn,  Darragh Moriarty,  Cieran Perry,

Emergency Motion No.2

This City Council welcomes the proposed establishment of the City Recovery Task Force and recognises that the current proposed membership on both gender and political representation levels is unacceptable. The Council agrees that the membership of the Taskforce will include the Lord Mayor, or nominee, and the chairpersons, or their nominees, of the following four Strategic Policy Committees; Arts & Culture, Economic, Climate Action, Environment and Energy, and Enterprise, Traffic and Transport and recommends a 50/50 gender balance.

We believe that as elected representatives we should have an opportunity to input into the objectives of this new task force. We do not want to delay this taskforce so we call on a final set of objectives to be put before the next council meeting and for consultation to happen before that. We also agree that the Taskforce will report to all members on a weekly basis in the same form as Covid Mobility. 

Submitted by Fianna Fáil, Independents, Green Party, Labour, Sinn Féin and Social Democrats

Emergency Motion No.3

That this Council, in response to how the pandemic has exposed the demand for and deficit of public sanitary facilities in the City, calls on the CEO to deliver on the following objective in the Dublin City Development Plan 2016 - 2022:

SCO9: To work with city business associations and agencies to provide for appropriately located, independently accessible sanitary facilities (public toilets, changing areas, showers and wash facilities etc.) for the use of citizens and visitors to the city and accessible to all.  

We welcome the proposal to introduce temporary toilets as part of coffee dock services across each of the LEA's. However we believe the citizens of Dublin require and deserve a range of both short term and long term solutions to meet a variety of needs and to address the deficit of sanitary facilities in public places across the City. Therefore we ask the CEO to draw up a plan as a matter of urgency and to seek additional national funding in order to deliver these solutions for both  ...  view the full minutes text for item 20.

All motions listed were carried over to the City Council meeting on 10^th May 2021.