Agenda item

Item 1

Motion in the name of Councillor Janice Boylan

That this Central Area Committee requests the manager to work with residents of Ormond Square and surrounding areas to look at a plan to restrict access to the laneway to residents and businesses only. The level of antisocial activity going on in the area is at an all-time high with active drug dealing and drug using. The lane is being used as a public toilet and until we have a better Garda presence that can completely stop these activities from going we need to work with this community. They are heartbroken by the ongoing anti-social activity and need Dublin City Council to engage with them to provide them with gates and fobs for each end of the laneway. This is the only practical solution that the community knows will help, they have come together and have a petition stating the request.

ORDER:  Agreed.

Item 2

Motion in the name of Councillor Declan Meenagh

That the Central Area Committee agrees that the roundabout at quarry road is not working and we instruct the traffic department to prepare a range of options to replace it with a more suitable junction to allow better pedestrian flow

ORDER:  Agreed.

Item 3

Motion in the name of Councillor Declan Meenagh

That the Central Area Committee agrees to write to the Department of Social Protection requesting they schedule date for the reopening of the Intreo Office on the Navan Road.

Item 4

Motion in the name of Councillor Declan Meenagh

That the Central Area Committee agrees to look at all options for providing additional playing pitches in the area, including Ashington Park and the Bogies.

ORDER:  Agreed.

Item 5

Motion in the name of Councillor Declan Meenagh

In light of recent Revelations related to the planning and development bill that the Central Area Committee has no confidence in the Minister for Housing.

Vote taken:

In favour:  Cllr. Janice Boylan, Cllr. Christy Burke, Cllr. Declan Meenagh, Cllr. Séamas McGrattan, Cllr. Cat O’Driscoll, Cllr. Cieran Perry, Cllr. Nial Ring.

Against:  Cllr. Janet Horner, Cllr. Ray McAdam, Cllr. Emer McCormack, Cllr. Colm O’Rourke

Absent:  Cllr. Deborah Byrne, Cllr. Darcy Lonergan.

ORDER:  Agreed.

Item 6

Motion in the name of Councillor Declan Meenagh

Noting the recent report on vacancy over the shop VATSU the central area agrees to run two pilot projects of small scale one in North Inner City and one in Cabra Glasnevin on a part of a street with high dereliction.

These projects should include cross functional teams from DCC and will report back to the central area after 6 months

This project will use the Viking triangle project in Waterford City as an example.

ORDER:  Agreed.

Item 7

Motion in the name of Councillor Nial Ring

That this committee requests the Area Manager to confirm the status of contract renewal with Panda in relation to services being provided at the Shamrock Terrace Recycling Centre and to further confirm that, in accordance with councillor instructions resulting from my motion, no new contract will be awarded to any waste company unless and until DCC take over the operation, maintenance and staffing at the centre. 

ORDER:  Agreed.

Item 8

Motion in the name of Councillor Nial Ring

That this committee agree that the Area Manager should write to Dublin Bus and request that one of the very numerous bus routes travelling to the city centre via Drumcondra Road/Dorset St etc. be diverted down Clonliffe Road to provide a service to residents in the area, with at least two new stops on either side of Clonliffe Road.

ORDER:  Agreed.