Agenda item

The Manager informed the Members that Councillor Janice Boylan had agreed to swap the position of her motion with that of Councillor Daithi Doolan.

1.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Daithi Doolan and seconded by Councillor Cat O’Driscoll:

“That Dublin City Council supports the Retained Fire and Rescue Service personnel and their continued struggle for improvements in pay, conditions and a decent work/life balance with agreed time off and call on the Minister for Local Government and the Minister for Public Expenditure to provide the funding necessary to sustain and enhance the service now and for future generations.” The motion was put and carried.

The Chief Executive clarified that there were no retained Fire Stations within Dublin City Council’s administrative boundary.

2.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Larry O’Toole and seconded by Councillor Janice Boylan:

“That Dublin City Council supports the call for the release of Julian Assange and for all charges against him to be dropped and that we fully support the National Union of Journalists campaign to oppose Mr Assange's extradition, which states: 

‘We condemn the detention of Julian Assange pending his extradition proceedings. We further condemn the attempted use of the US Espionage Act to prosecute Assange for his work exposing the war crimes committed by US service personnel in the Iraq and Afghan war logs.  It is our view that the use of these judicial measures by the US constitutes a grave threat to free speech and a free press. It further notes that this attempted prosecution is without precedent in US law.” 

The motion was put and carried.

3.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Noeleen O’Reilly

The motion was deferred.

4.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Sophie Nicoullaud

The motion was deferred.

5.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Dermot Lacey

The motion was deferred.

6.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Deirdre Heney:

“That this City Council consider introducing a pilot scheme whereby motorists wishing to reverse into his or her driveway be given a right of way to do so as this is the safest way to park a vehicle in a driveway.”

The motion was put and not agreed.

7.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Mannix Flynn:

Councillor Flynn was not present to propose his motion so the motion fell.

8.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Naoise O’Muiri and seconded by Councillor Declan Meenagh:

“That Dublin City Council becomes a JAM Card friendly local authority.”

The motion was put and carried.

Assistant Chief Executive Eileen Quinlivan informed the Members that Dublin City Council had already agreed to become JAM card friendly.

9.)    Motion in the name of Councillor Daniel Céitinn.

The motion was deferred.

10.)Motion in the name of Councillor Danny Byrne.

Due to technical issues Cllr. Byrne was not present in the remote meeting and was unable to propose his motion and therefore it fell. Several minutes later Cllr. Byrne rejoined the meeting and made a request to the Lord Mayor and Members to re-instate his motion and have it deferred. The Lord Mayor and Members agreed to Cllr. Byrne’s request.

11.) Motion in the name of Councillor Alison Gilliland and seconded by Councillor Deidre Heney:

“That Dublin City Council recognises that a clean, well maintained and litter free public realm across our city not only supports pride in and respect for our City but also supports outdoor enjoyment of our city. This is particularly relevant for the core city centre area where the City also welcomes a significant number of workers and visitors. However, Dublin City Council agrees that the current presentation and collection of commercial waste in the core city centre area is not supportive of a clean, well maintained and litter free public realm - too often bags of food rubbish ends up torn apart by seagulls and strewn across our footpaths while recycling materials in particular take up significant space on our footpaths and add to the sense of clutter. Therefore;

a) to better manage the presentation and collection of commercial waste in the core city centre area, Dublin City Council agrees that a new system be put in place that drastically reduces the time commercial waste is allowed on our footpaths awaiting collection and that requires businesses to regularly sweep the public space directly in front of their premises so as to keep it free of litter and;

b) to enhance the cleanliness of the  core city centre area, Dublin City Council agrees that a the power washing rota be greatly enhanced to allow for more frequent and responsive power washing with particular attention being paid to areas with high daily and high night economy footfall.”

The meeting ended before the debate on the motion was concluded and therefore the motion was deferred to the July Council meeting.