Agenda and minutes

ORDER: Agreed.

ORDER: Noted.

ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.

ORDER: Not agreed.

ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.

ORDER: Noted.

ORDER: Noted.

ORDER: Noted.

ORDER: Noted.

ORDER: Report noted.

ORDER: Report noted.

ORDER: Report noted.

ORDER: Report noted.

The following Emergency Motions to the Area Managers were tabled:

Item 1:

Emergency motion in the name of Councillor Mannix Flynn (South East Area Committee member):

That this meeting of Dublin City Council support the casual traders of Moore Street in their call to have the CEO withdraw the tendering process for a private service provider to manage a Moore Street market.

Many of the traders whose family have traded in this street for over a century, are completely opposed to this process and feel that they have been shut out and not listened to by Dublin City Council.

This is evidenced by the fact that very little has changed in the long struggle to have Dublin city council directly provide proper services for the street traders.

Instead, DCC now wish to transfer the whole management of casual trading at Moore street into a private company via a tendering process.  It is important to note that Moore Street is not a market and never was.  Moore street is a casual trading street and famously known throughout the world as a casual trading street coming from the long tradition of casual traders in Dublin.

It is vitally important that this casual trading heritage be maintained and serviced properly and solely by Dublin City council.

Reason:

It is of the highest importance that we protect the cultural fabric of our city. Indeed, the recent issue around the cobblestone highlighted this particular issue. Moore Street as a trading street is no different and indeed ranks very highly in the cultural hierarchy of this city.  There are more people globally that are aware of Moore Street and its cultural significance than they are of a lot of our national cultural institutions.

At present DCC have issued a tendering process for a private event management company to manage what has been termed as a Moore St Market without any regard to the concerns of the native casual traders who feel they have been shafted, undermined and othered.

Their cultural sensibilities and their history on the street ignored. Recently, DCC, published a report on the matter of a Moore Street market.  Many casual traders in the street feel that this did not represent their input or their sensibilities or indeed their vision for the future.  Many felt that this was just privatisation of their casual trading area, their livelihood.

They felt a great sense of betrayal that DCC was reneging on their responsibility to directly develop the area and indeed the casual trading offering.  The traders now are calling on you, Dublin city councillors, to stand down the tendering process for a market service provider at Moore Street and reengage with the casual traders here and with them create a much brighter future for the culture of Dublin’s casual trading at iconic Moore Street.

Please support this motion.

ORDER: Agreed and noted.

Item 2:

Emergency motion in the names of Councillors Cieran Perry, Nial Ring and Christy Burke:

As part of the An Bord Pleanála decision  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

ORDER: Report noted.

ORDER: Report and presentation noted.

ORDER: Item deferred to adjourned meeting on 20/12/2021.

ORDER: Item deferred to adjourned meeting on 20/12/2021.

ORDER: Presentation noted.

ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.