COISTE AN LÁRCHEANTAR
CENTRAL AREA COMMITTEE MEETING
Tuesday 14th June, 2016 at 10.00 am.
Minutes
6293 Minutes of the Central Area Committee meeting held on 10th May, 2016.
ORDER: Agreed.
6294 Questions to the Area Manager
ORDER: Noted.
Planning and Development Matters
6295 With reference Phibsborough Local Environmental Improvements Plan 2016-2021
ORDER: Presentation noted.
6296 With reference to the proposed lease of the 2nd Floor of the Ormond Building, Ormond Quay, Dublin 7 to Pobal.
ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.
6297 With reference to the grant of a lease of Smithfield Café, Smithfield, Dublin 7 to Connor Higgins.
ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.
Housing and Residential Services Matters
6298 With reference to a presentation on Anti-Social Behaviour
ORDER: Noted.
Roads & Traffic Department Matters
6299 With reference to a report on the construction of 2 Pedestrian crossings at Ormond Quay, Dublin 7.
ORDER: Report noted.
6300 With reference to the minutes of the Traffic Advisory Group Meeting of 24th May, 2016.
ORDER: Report noted.
Central Area Matters
6301 With reference to National Cultural Institutions and Neighbourhoods
ORDER: Report noted.
6302 With further reference to a proposal for the Extinguishment of the Public Right of Way over a laneway at the rear of 2 - 41 Goldsmith Street, Dublin 7
ORDER: Agreed. Recommend to City Council.
6303 With reference to Moore Street Market and Retail Outlets Strategic Report
ORDER: Report noted.
6304 Updates on the following:
Environmental Services Unit
North East and North West Inner City Housing Issues
Grangegorman Development
Central Area Age Friendly Update
Reports noted. Councillors requested that YPAR be invited to the July meeting of the Central Area Committee. Members also requested that the Manager contact the Media Relations Section to ask them to develop a strategy to portray the positive activities happening everyday in the Central Area.
Motions
The following emergency motion was tabled
6305(a) Emergency Motion in the names of Cllrs. Nial Ring, Ray Mcadam, Christy Burke, Gaye
Fagan, Eilis Ryan, Janice Boylan, Gary Gannon and Ciaran Cuffe
That this committee agrees to allocate a grant of €5,000 from its discretionary fund to World Boxing Championship Silver Medallist Kellie Harrington to support her boxing training and preparation work for the forthcoming European Championships in Bulgaria..
Furthermore, this committee urges the Minister for Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, to fast track Kellie's national sports council grant which, currently is not due for payment until 2017.
ORDER: Agreed to support Ms Harrington in her training and preparation work for the forthcoming European Championships in Bulgaria.
6305 Motion in the name of Councillor Christy Burke
That this Committee agrees to propose the name change of King Street, Dublin 7 to a more suitable name given the fact that a plaque was erected last month to commemorate the 16 local people who were killed there in 1916.
ORDER: Agreed. Manager to seek clarification on the legal requirements.
6306 Motion in the name of Councillor Christy Burke
That this Committee seeks reports on the future of the Children’s Hospital Temple Street and the Rotunda Hospital given the fact the two hospitals have been part of our area for many years to include if jobs will be at risk
ORDER: Agreed. Letter to be sent to the Minister for Health.
6307 Motion in the name of Councillor David Costello and Councillor Nial Ring
That this Committee recognise the great effort made by the Council staff who assisted and facilitated the community commemoration of Edward Ned Daly on Wednesday, 4th May 2016 at the Ned Daly monument on the North Circular Road.
ORDER: Agreed.
6308 Motion in the name of Councillor Ciaran Cuffe
That this Committee consider providing additional discretionary funding to the Phibsborough Community Arts Festival.
ORDER: Report to Councillor.
6309 Motion in the name of Councillor Eilis Ryan
That this Committee notes the concerns expressed by residents in the Phibsborough area regarding pickets by anti-choice advocates outside the family planning clinic on Berkeley Road and affirms its support to women’s right to access information about healthcare free of intimidation. The Central Area Committee furthermore ask management to look for a list of “rogue crisis pregnancy agencies” operating in the Central Area from the Health Service Executive and consider what steps can be taken by Dublin City Council to regulate such agencies, as per HSE guidelines regarding “Disingenuous Counselling Services” – http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/crisis-pregnancy-help/disingenuous-counseling-services/
ORDER: Agreed. Letter to be sent to the Director General of the HSE.
6310 Motion in the name of Councillor Eilis Ryan
That this Committee, in light of the high demand for non-denominational education schools in the Dublin 7 (Stoneybatter, Grangegorman) Dublin 1 and Dublin 3 areas, request from the Department of Education a report on attendance and waiting list figures in schools in the area, and what efforts have been undertaken to consider transfer of patronage from Catholic primary schools in the area to non-denominational patrons.
ORDER: Agreed. Letter to be sent to the Department of Education.
6311 Motion in the name of Councillor Eilis Ryan
That this Committee requests that Dublin City Council issue a press release clarifying media reporting that it is expected O’Devaney Gardens will be demolished “within the next 12 months” to alleviate residents worries and in light of commitments that no forced evictions of remaining tenants will take place. The press release should indicate that there are remaining tenants and that Dublin City Council will not be obliging them to leave.
ORDER: Report to the Councillor.
6312 Motion in the name of Councillor Eilis Ryan
That this Committee supports the principle of ‘participatory budgeting’ as a way of increasing community ownership of local government. In particular, the Committee notes the success which increased community engagement in budgeting has had on reducing crime in wards where it is used in Chicago. The Central Area Committee asks management to establish a sub-committee of officials and councillors, to produce a short ’feasibility report’ regarding how participatory budgeting might be used to distribute the 2017 Central Area Discretionary Fund, to be presented to the Central Area Committee no later than December 2016.
ORDER: Report to Councillor.
6313 Motion in the name of Councillor Nial Ring
That this Committee agree that Number 55 Amiens Street and 31 Richmond Avenue (shop and home of Tom Clarke) be added to the list of protected structures and instructs the Manager to instigate the necessary process to achieve this.
ORDER: Report to Councillor.
6314 Motion in the name of Councillor Nial Ring
That this Committee sends a message of congratulations to the students and schools involved in the production of the excellent history booklet “My Area in 1916 / Mo Cheantar agus 1916” and to acknowledge the work on this project of co-ordinator Donal Fallon as well as Margaret Hayes, Brendan Teeling and Tara Doyle of the Library Services.
ORDER: Agreed. Letters to be sent to all involved.
Attendance
Cllr. Nial Ring (Chairperson)
Cllr. Ciaran Cuffe (Vice Chairperson)
Cllr. Ray McAdam
Cllr. Eilis Ryan
Cllr. Christy Burke
Cllr. Gaye Fagan
Cllr Janice Boylan
Cllr. Gary Gannon
Officials
Rose Kenny, Executive Manager, Central Area
Eileen Gleeson, Senior Executive Officer, Central Area
John O’Hara, Acting Dublin City Planning Officer, Planning Department
Fiona Cooper, Senior Executive Planner, Planning Department
Mick Clarke, Area Housing Manager, Anti-Social Policy Unit
Mary Hussey, Senior Executive Engineer, Roads and Traffic Planning
Ray Yeates, Art Officer, Arts Office.
Gerard McGlone, Executive Engineer, Traffic Division
Helen Smirnova, Senior Engineer, Traffic Division
Chris Butler, Area Housing Manager, Central Area
John McPartlan, Public Domain Officer, Central Area
Cathy Cassidy, Senior Staff Officer, Central Area
Sandra Walley, Assistant Staff Officer, Central Area
Councillor Nial Ring
Chairperson
14th June, 2016