Agenda and minutes

Order: Agreed.

Order: Noted and Recommend to Council

Order: Deferred to March Meeting

In order to assist the viewing public this Committee agrees to propose a method whereby the text of Emergency Motions are either read out or put up on web for clarity purposes.

“In order to assist the viewing public this Committee agrees to propose a

method whereby the text of Emergency Motions are either read out or put

up on web for clarity purposes.”

Order: Agreed.

Order: The Manager gave a brief report on the proposed disability access works to the Mansion House.

Report Noted.

Order: Members can make submissions to the Boundary Committee but the Manager asked was there any aspect that members would like to include in the Corporate submission. The Members expressed the view that as far as possible traditional communities should be preserved intact.

Order: Councillor attendance at the “European Energy Poverty Conference” was approved.

3FiveTwo Healthcare providers are a private medical solutions company in Northern Ireland. The group is a local organisation of healthcare professionals, clinics and hospitals and is Northern Ireland's largest private healthcare company.

Order: It was agreed that the Health Forums would be the most appropriate environment to discuss this issue.

·        The Vouched Expenses Regulations have been issued by the Department and any Councillor wishing to avail of the new system should inform the Chief Executive’s Office before the end of February 2018.

Order: Noted

·        Media Relations have launched a new Press Cuttings service called TrueHawk. It collates print and broadcast media in relation to Dublin City Council.  

Order: The Protocol Committee to trial the new system on behalf of Councillors with a view to making it available to the full Council.

·        Following on from Cllr Ray McHugh’s motion regarding a queuing system for speaking at Council meetings, this functionality has now been enabled in the current audio/visual system. It will be introduced on a trial basis once the Lord Mayor has been briefed on how to use it.

·        GDPR: The Manager will bring a report to the next meeting outlining the impact of GDPR on the details supplied aspect of Council Questions. The Law Department will arrange for a briefing for Members once the legislation has been published.

·        Owen Keegan will attend the next meeting to brief the Members on the plans for City Hall and the Rates Office.

Nothing to Report.

Order: Agreed.