Minutes:
The City Council agreed to suspend Standing Orders to take the following Emergency Motions without debate :
Emergency Motion No 1 – Submitted by Councillor T Brabazon on behalf of the Fianna Fail Party.
“Dublin City Council notes and agrees with the terms of the motion passed by Dail Eireann on 19th June 2018 with the support of the Government in relation to the emergency ambulance service operated by Dublin Fire Brigade which provided as follows:-
- The provision of full support for the almost 1,000 personnel employed, to maximise service delivery and provide greater efficiency to protect those in fire stations across Dublin who provide a full time fire, rescue, and ambulance service which serves the whole community;
- The design of a direct funding mechanism and the required additional capacity due to the increased population, to allow DFB to continue to operate all areas of their fire-based EMS;
- The full retention of ambulance services provided by DFB across Dublin; and
- Implement in full the Report of the Expert Panel into Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Services in Dublin, published in December 2015.
One matter relating to the call out and dispatch system requires urgent attention. In order for the DFB to continue to operate all areas of fire-based EMS it is essential that the Dublin Regional Communications Centre in Townsend Street continues to cater for emergency ambulance calls as it has done up to the present. Appropriate provision must, therefore, be made in the C-tri Project, for the fire-based EMS in Dublin, which is being procured at present by the Department of Local Government which will move the current three major based fire services emergency call systems to a single unified call-handling system, while continuing to use the current three centres.
The City Council hereby calls on the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to arrange to have suitable amendments made to the terms of reference of the C-tri Project in accordance with the provisions of the Dail Motion. The Integrated Call Taking and Dispatch for Dublin Options Appraisal commissioned by the HSE and DCC Management stated that the C-tri Project could be adapted to include an EMS module.
The City Council also calls for the implementation in full of all the terms of the Dail Motion”
The City Council agreed that this motion be referred to the Special Committee on Fire/Ambulance Services and Emergency Management
Emergency Motion No 2 – Submitted by Councillors M Mullooly & D Heney :
“This City Council calls on the Housing Manager to clarify the process around which a placement fee is paid for HAP tenants to letting agents”
Emergency Motion No 3 – Submitted by Councillors C Perry & P Hand
“This Council opposes the extradition of Irish political prisoners to Maghaberry prison in the six counties. The onset of Brexit in March 2019 will disadvantage any political prisoners who may have been extradited under the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) framework but will no longer enjoy rights applying to EU nationals including EU sentence appeal processes.
Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in England and Wales Nick Hardwick described the prison as the most dangerous prison he had ever seen. The last comprehensive report on Maghaberry prison by “Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons in England and Wales” was damning and described the prison as “in crisis” and “unsafe and unstable” for prisoners and staff. The report highlights discrimination against Catholic prisoners.The conditions in Maghaberry prison are inhumane with forced strip searches, forced isolation and restricted association.
All Republican prisoners in Maghaberry prison are denied educational opportunities.
There have been 50 reported deaths in prisons in the six counties since 2007 and the Prison Ombudsman has expressed concern about the non-implementation of its recommendations on prison deaths”
Emergency Motion No 4 – Submitted by Councillor J Lyons
“This City Council requests the Chief Executive to initiate a Record of Protected Structures assessment of the Model School, Glasnevin, Dublin 9”.