Minutes:
Emergency Motion No 1
Following on the Fire in the Metro Apartments Ballymun:
1) That this Council commends the fantastic response of the Dublin Fire Brigade, as a result of their bravery and quick response there was no loss of lives or any injury.
2) That the Council recognises that a comprehensive risk assessment on the city now needs to be completed which should highlight the deficiencies in manpower, equipment and training. Bearing in mind the Current risk categorisation for Ballymun that was done under the current national policy “KCS” did not make any mention of high rise or a hotel being there.
3) That the Council acknowledges and acts on the complete lack of an emergency aftermath strategy in Dublin City and the State in General. The families affected in the fire were left and continue to be left with little or no state assistance and this is totally unacceptable after what they have been through.
4) That the Council acknowledges the kindness and generosity shown by the Community in Ballymun and Glasnevin towards the victims.
Submitted by Councillor N Reilly
Emergency Motion No 3
Dublin City Council condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing by Israeli soldiers of 19 Palestinians protesters since March 30th and calls on An tArd Mheara to write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs urging the Irish government to expel the Israeli Ambassador as a first step in formally and officially recognising the state of Palestine.
Submitted by Councillors D. Doolan, J. Boylan, R. McHugh, C. Andrews, L. O’Toole & G. Kelly
Emergency Motion No 5
That Dublin City Council agrees to make a submission to the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station Transboundary Public Consultation, expressing its concern at the project and raising the significant concerns detailed by the Nuclear Free Local Authorities All Ireland Forum.
Submitted by Councillor P. Costello
Emergency Motion No 7
In light of the recent deficits in fire risk assessments highlighted by the recent Metro Hotel fire, Dublin City Council agrees to debate motion no 4 currently on the DCC Agenda as an Emergency motion at the April DCC meeting
Motion 4 Motions on Notice – 9th April 2018
Dublin City Council acknowledges the fire safety issues for our fire and emergency services exposed by the uncovering of unregulated building practices and undocumented overcrowding in certain dwellings in the local authority area. Dublin City Council also acknowledges proposed changes in planning regulations including no 'change of use' planning permission requirement to convert commercial units to residential and permission for commercial units to include living quarters, as well as a significant increase in building higher commercial and residential blocks across the city. Given this changing landscape, uncertainty of building use and occupancy, Dublin City Council recognises the need to move from a policy of Area Risk Categorisation to a comprehensive Risk Assessment for fire safety and emergency services planning and provision, to include, building use, height, density & fire load, in line with similar assessment tools in the UK. Therefore, Dublin City Council commits to allocating 3m euro per annum over the next 5 years to carry out a Comprehensive Risk Assessment across the local authority jurisdiction by competent experienced personnel
Submitted by Councillors A Gilliland & B Carr