Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by informing the Members that Item No 1 on the Agenda had been taken but had not been finalised at the close of the meeting on the 4^th December so he proposed that the discussion should continue.

Submitted Report No. 417/2017 of the Chief Executive (O. Keegan) - Procedures for Deletions from the Roll of Honour of Dublin City. It was proposed by Councillor A Clancy and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 471/2017 and hereby approves the Procedures for Deletions from the Roll of Honour of Dublin City as set out therein”.

An amendment to Report No 417/2017 was put forward by the Fianna Fail Group – see Appendix A to these minutes. It was then proposed by Councillor M Flynn and seconded by Councillor C Perry that this amendment would be referred to the Protocol Committee for consideration. This proposal was defeated. The Fianna Fail amendment was then put and carried which necessitated a two thirds majority to remove a name from the Roll of Honour of the City unless it was requested by the recipient. Another amendment to Report No 417/2017 was put forward by Councillor B Carr and seconded by Councillor D Lacey but was later withdrawn.  The adoption of Report No 417/2017 as amended was then put and carried

It was then proposed by the Lord Mayor and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council hereby resolves to remove the name of Aung San Suu Kyi from the Roll of Honorary Freedom of Dublin City” The motion was put and carried. It was then proposed by Councillor P McAuliffe and seconded by Councillor D Costello “That Dublin City Council defers the consideration of the request by Bob Geldof for the removal of his name from the Roll of Honour of the City” This motion was defeated. It was then proposed by the Lord Mayor and seconded by Councillor M Flynn “That Dublin City Council hereby resolves to remove the name of Bob Geldof from the Roll of Honorary Freedom of Dublin City at his own request”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor N Ring “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 390/2017”. The motion was put and carried. Mr Richard Shakespeare, Assistant Chief Executive of the Planning Department, briefed the Members on individual proposals in the plan.

It was proposed by Councillor A Clancy and seconded by Councillor N O Muiri “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 Sion Hill Park, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, to be public roads and footpaths as shown on Drawing R.M. 36823 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 R McAdam “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 424/2017 and hereby consents to the change of name from Rathborne View to Rathbourne Walk as outlined in the report”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 396/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 413/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 414/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 415/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 425/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor V Jackson and seconded by Councillor P McCartan “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 426/2017 and assents to the proposal outlined therein” The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 391/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 430/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 327/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 368/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 408/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 409/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

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

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 410/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 398/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 395/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 429/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 419/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 428/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 416/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 325/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 392/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor R McHugh and seconded by Councillor C O’Moore “That Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No 411/2017”. The motion was put and carried.

It was proposed by Councillor T MacVeigh and seconded by Councillor R McHugh “That Dublin City Council hereby approves Report No 422/2017” A proposal to approve Report No 422/2017 without Item No 3 (Motion on Catalan Flag) was put forward by Councillor D Heney and seconded by Councillor D Lacey but was defeated. The original motion to approve the report including the motion was then put and carried.

“Dublin City Council (DCC) recognises the urgency of the housing crisis, with just under 20,000 households now on the City Council’s waiting list, and an estimated c650 newly-formed households (net) becoming eligible for social housing each year. The City Council furthermore recognises that land is by definition in fixed supply. The Development Plan estimates approximately 440 hectares of land are zoned and available for residential development within the DCC boundaries.

The City Council notes the following in relation to land availability in this area:

1.     DCC estimates (Council Questions, October 2017) that it owns approximately 120 hectares of land. Assuming a density of 100 units per hectare (DCC generally uses a range from 60-120 units / hectare), DCC-owned land could provide 12,000 units if used exclusively for public housing. 

2.     This leaves around 320 hectares of land zoned for residential development not owned by DCC. At a density of 100 units per hectare this would yield 32,000 units, delivering around 3,200 units of public housing through Part V requirements.

3.     Accordingly, if all DCC-owned land were used exclusively for public housing, and all non-DCC-owned land were developed and delivered 10% of units as Part V, the public housing output would still approximately 15,200 units.

Given this shortfall, the city council adopts the following policy in relation to the land within its boundaries:

·        That Dublin City Council institutes an immediate ban on the use of council-owned land for private, for-profit, housing development - whether this is for rent or purchase.

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·        That Dublin City Council enters into immediate negotiations with all state bodies, semi-state bodies, and NAMA-appointed receivers, who own or control residential land in the Dublin City Council area, in order to increase the required Part V social housing delivery on those sites, with an initial aim of securing the full use of the land for mixed income public housing.

That Dublin City Council commits itself to ensuring a mix of incomes on all sites, but that this should be done through the use of innovative not-for-profit housing methods - such as public cost rental.