Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor invited speakers from all parties to contribute to the debate.

The following motions were proposed:

Motion No. 1

Sinn Féin proposed the following motion:

“The elected members of Dublin City Council expresses deep concern at the Bartra Plan for O'Devaney Gardens and how the recent An Bord Pleanala clarification specified that apartments are not included in the directive with regards to vulture funds.

Therefore all the units in the plan could potentially be sold to cuckoo funds. This has serious implications for this development and completely looks to exclude those who want to live there affordably.

Therefore we urge Dublin City Council to reject the current plan and replace it with a plan that ensures Dublin City Council is the lead developer and ensures that all 1,047  units on the site are social, affordable to buy and affordable to rent.

The development will also include a community creche, community centre and recreational facilities.

During construction a local employment and apprenticeship programme will also be agreed to ensure economic and social benefit for the surrounding community.”

This motion was ruled out of order by the Lord Mayor.

Motion No. 2

The following motion was proposed by Cllr Eimer McCormack and seconded by Cllr Daryl Barron:

“The elected members of Dublin City Council welcome the granting of Planning Permission for homes and community facilities at O’Devaney Gardens by An Bord Pleanala. We oppose the sale of any homes in O’Devaney Gardens to “Cuckoo funds”.  We call on Dublin City Council Executives to do everything within their power to ensure construction commences without delay to deliver a minimum 30% Social Housing, 20% Affordable homes to purchase, 30% Affordable Cost Rental subject to the Development Agreement to include a community crèche, community centre and local employment and apprenticeship program as agreed by the Dublin Agreement Parties Fianna Fáil, The Green Party, The Labour Party and Social Democrat City Councillors in 2019.”

The motion was put to a vote and carried. Details of the vote are contained
in Appendix A.