Minutes:
The Lord Mayor then requested permission of the City Council to take Emergency Motions. Accordingly, the City Council suspended Standing Orders to agree the following emergency motions without debate:
Emergency Motion No. 1
That this Council calls on the Chief Executive to put in process whatever legal, operational or Covid Mobility measures necessary to incorporate Sunday Trading and late night Thursday trading into the Casual Trading Bye Laws.
Submitted by Councillor Anthony Flynn, Councillor Christy Burke, Councillor Nial Ring and Councillor Cieran Perry.
Emergency Motion No. 2
Arising from the Dublin Joint Policing Committee meeting last week which demonstrated an alarming increase in the availability of fireworks in Dublin this autumn and the consequent danger to life and limb, Dublin City Council calls on the Northern Ireland Assembly to align its legislation governing the sale of fireworks to the general public (allowed under a licensing system) with that of the Republic where the sale of fireworks to the general public is illegal.
Submitted by Councillor Joe Costello, Councillor Kevin Donoghue, Councillor Mary Freehill, Councillor Alison Gilliland, Councillor Jane Horgan Jones, Councillor Dermot Lacey, Councillor Declan Meenagh and Councillor Darragh Moriarty.
Emergency Motion No. 3 was proposed by Councillor Deirdre Heney as Councillor Conroy was not present
To ask the Council if The O’Rahilly historic Edwardian Villa on Herbert Park Road can be re-built and restored as a Historic Republican Museum, having been indiscriminately excluded from the Record of Protected Structures which includes far less significant and less historic built heritage in Dublin.
Submitted by Councillor Deirdre Conroy.
Emergency Motion No.4
That Dublin City Council:
· deplores the demolition of 40 Herbert Park, home of The O’Rahilly, Nancy O’Rahilly, and family, on 29 September 2020,
· notes that this Council had voted to list the building on the Record of Protected Structures on 14 September, which had been tabled as early as 21 April 2020,
· further notes that the developer was made aware of the City Council’s intention to assess the site for the purpose of listing the building on 28 April and 2 September,
· further notes that the developer had sought that the City Council not proceed with this process, to which the Council asserted its entitlement to pursue the statutory process,
· expresses concern regarding the integrity of the planning process as a result of the developer demolishing the building despite the window for appeals by way of judicial review on the An Bord Pleanála decision remaining open,
· expresses concern at the planning authority’s view that false or misleading information was provided to the Building Control Authority when seeking validation of the commencement notice for works on the site, whether wilfully or recklessly, not in compliance with conditions of planning permission,
· welcomes the halting of works on the site,
· calls for the immediate restoration of the house,
· expresses grave concern at the implications of the demolition for other historic buildings and sites in the city,
· requires the City Council to complete the listing process already begun with respect to five buildings on the Moore Street battlefield site to ensure their protection,
· requires the City Council to conduct a review of remaining sites with considerable historical significance and links to the 1916 Rising, to be reported back to the Council,
· calls for an overhaul of planning legislation to restore the competence of the local authority in all planning arrangements, and
· re-iterates its opposition to the profit-driven Strategic Housing Development process which undermines the competence of local authorities, and seeks a return to the local authority led development process of social and affordable housing as a solution to the housing crisis which can also uphold, protect, and enhance the remaining historical sites across the city.
The motion was put and carried. Councillor Naoise Ó Muirí requested that his objection be noted.