Agenda item

1)    Motion No. 1 -  It was proposed by Councillor Nial Ring and seconded by Councillor Barry Heneghan that the following motion be taken without debate and that the motion be forwarded to the Lord Mayors recently announced Task Force to ensure it is implemented:

In the Council meeting last November Lord Mayor Daithí De Róiste launched the plan to make Dublin the world’s first Autism Friendly Capital City. At the same meeting the following motion in my name was taken without debate, “That the members of Dublin City Council ("DCC") welcome the recently published Final Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism and commit DCC to implementing the recommendations of the extensive report where applicable to DCC. In particular, DCC commits to the recommendations (in particular the provision of sensory rooms) pertaining to autism-friendly social housing, autism-friendly public buildings such as public offices and libraries as well as autism-friendly public spaces such as parks, playgrounds etc. In addition, the members note the recommendations that autism training should be provided to staff, and agree that this should be offered to Councillors if requested”.

Having regard to the foregoing, the members now agree that it will be one of the priorities of this Council to implement the Lord Mayor’s plan and the Oireachtas recommendations and, as a first commitment to our plan, Sensory Calming Spaces will be created/installed in all public accessible buildings (Libraries etc.) and Sensory Activity Areas will be provided in public parks as soon as practicable.

The motion was put and carried.

2)    Motion No. 2 – It was proposed by Councillor Hazel de Nortúin and seconded by Councillor Vincent Jackson that;

Dublin City Council recognises the Unveiling The Shadows; Dynamics of Domestic Violence and Abuse in Dublin 10 research report that was launched in Cherry Orchard in June.

This report has highlighted the extreme violence women and children in the D10 area are subjected to.

While recognising this report, Dublin City Council also agrees to recognising their commitment to making safe and liveable communities for all its citizens and therefore agrees to support the Local Area office with adequate resources from additional staff in Housing and Community Development.

The Motion was put and carried.

3)    Motion No. 3 – in the name of Councillor Hazel Chu.  It was agreed that this motion be deferred to the next Council meeting.

4)    Motion No. 4 – in the name of Councillor Tom Brabazon. It was agreed that this motion be deferred to the next Council meeting.

5)    Motion No. 5 – It was proposed by Councillor Dermot Lacey and seconded by Councillor Fiona Connelly that;

Dublin City Council welcomes the acknowledgement by the Taoiseach and Government that the housing development targets set in ‘Housing for All’ are inadequate and must be revised upwards by at least 50 per cent and, pursuant to section 130 of the Local Government Act 2001, determines that it is the policy of this Council –

1.    That, in consequence, the targets handed down by the Government to this Council, and adopted in its Housing Delivery Action Plan, are also inadequate and need to be increased,

2.    That such amended targets need to be further increased to take account of the reality that an ambitious target for an overall expansion in housing supply can only be met by significantly expanding the delivery of local authority housing, and

3.    That the social housing delivery targets set out in the Dublin City Council Housing Delivery Action Plan should accordingly be and are hereby [doubled].

4.    To examine increasing the housing maintenance staff to enable a swifter and more efficient return to use of "voids" housing units.

It was requested that in agreeing the motion that this motion be forwarded to the Housing Strategic Policy Committee for further debate and discussion. The motion was put and carried.