Agenda and minutes

Standing Orders were suspended in order that the Councillors could express their gratitude for the hard work that Chris Butler and Brian Kavanagh had put into Central Area over the years and wished them the best of luck in the future.

ORDER: Agreed. 

 Members requested that the Planning Enforcement Section

 attend the next meeting to discuss the North Port Area.

It was agreed that the Area Manager would send Motion 1 from the April Central Area Committee meeting, to the Chief Executives of the Dublin City Hospitals.

ORDER: Noted.

ORDER: Proposal noted

ORDER: Presentation noted.

ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.

ORDER: Reports noted.  Area Manager to liaise with the Executive Manager,

   Traffic in order to improve the efficiency and turnaround times of TAG

   requests.

ORDER: Proposal agreed.

ORDER: Reports noted.  Councillors requested further information/reports on –

North King Street Housing Development, breakdown of funding for   Ballybough House, wheelchair access to the NCR entrance to the Blessington Basin Park and signage for the Sean MacDermott Street Pool.

Motion in the name of Councillor Gaye Fagan

That this Committee agree that a Traffic Management Plan is required for East Wall and that the plan should be in place as soon as possible.

ORDER: Report to Councillor

Motion in the name of Councillor Ciaran Cuffe

That this Committee agrees that in the event of noisy road works taking place at night in residential areas that at least 24 hours notice or preferably 7 days notice be given by way of a flyer circulated to the affected residents with a mobile contact number for the person in charge of works.

ORDER: Report to Councillor

Motion in the name of Councillor Ciaran Cuffe

That this Committee requests that the Area Manager convene an extraordinary meeting of the Central Area Committee to discuss outstanding Traffic Advisory Group issues.  Such a meeting would take place with all relevant Traffic and Engineering staff present and would make good use of overhead projection of Google Streetview so that outstanding requests could be quickly prioritised and resolved.

ORDER: Report to Councillor

Motion in the name of Councillor Dermot Lacey

That this Committee requests the Manager to have the cycle lanes on North Circular Road, Portland Row and Seville Place examined for safety and maintenance requirements and that appropriate remedial action be taken and that the Gardaí be requested to enforce existing parking restrictions on these cycle lanes.

ORDER: Report to Councillor

Motion in the name of Councillor Christy Burke

That this Committee receives an update report on the following motion passed in my name at the June 2016 meeting of the Central Area Committee.

“That this Committee agrees to propose the name change of King Street, Dublin 7 to a more suitable name given the fact that a plaque was erected last month to commemorate the 16 local people who were killed there in 1916.”

ORDER: Report to Councillor

Motion in the name of Councillor Eilis Ryan

That the Central Area Committee fully endorses all recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly, including:

 Its recommendation that terminations should be allowed without restriction up to the 12^th week of pregnancy

Its recommendation that terminations should be allowed due to “socio-economic reasons” up to the 22^nd week of pregnancy

Its recommendation that in cases of fatal foetal abnormality abortion be permitted during any period of the pregnancy

and agrees to write to the Minister for Justice requesting that a date be announced for a referendum to facilitate the passage of legislation on the matter.

ORDER: Motion fell.

Motion in the name of Councillor Eilis Ryan

This Committee calls on Dublin City Council to initiate proceedings to acquire by Compulsory Order lands at St. Vincent’s Hospital, in order to facilitate the establishment of a fully independent, secular National Maternity Hospital on that site.

ORDER: Motion fell.