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Monthly City Council Meeting Monday 7 December 2020 COMHAIRLE CATHRACH BHAILE ÁTHA CLIATH Miontuairiscí Chruinniú Míosúil a tionóladh ar 7 Nollaig 2020 sa Seomra Cruinn ag Teach an tÁrdmhéara, Sráid Dhásain, ag 6.15 i.n,i láthair an tArdmheara Hazel Chu sa chathaoir Comhairleoir: Comhairleoir: Comhairleoir: Daryl Barron Racheal Batten Janice Boylan Tom Brabazon Christy Burke Dearbháil Butler Claire Byrne Danny Byrne Mary Callaghan Hazel Chu Anthony Connaghan Keith Connolly Caroline Conroy Deirdre Conroy Donna Cooney Joe Costello Daniel Céitinn Hazel de Nortúin Daithí de Róiste Tara Deacy Máire Devine Kevin Donoghue Daithí Doolan Pat Dunne Anne Feeney Declan Flanagan Terence Flanagan Anthony Flynn Mannix Flynn Mary Freehill James Geoghegan Alison Gilliland Deirdre Heney Jane Horgan-Jones Janet Horner Vincent Jackson Dermot Lacey Darcy Lonergan John Lyons Micheál MacDonncha Briege MacOscar Tina MacVeigh Ray McAdam Paddy McCartan Eimer McCormack Séamas McGrattan Declan Meenagh Carolyn Moore Darragh Moriarty Sophie Nicoullaud Naoise Ó Muirí Claire O'Connor Cat O'Driscoll Damian O'Farrell Colm O'Rourke Larry O'Toole Cieran Perry Michael Pidgeon Noeleen Reilly Nial Ring Patricia Roe Michael Watters Oifigigh Simon Brock Oliver Douglas Ruth Dowling Caroline Fallon John Flanagan Michael Gallagher Owen P. Keegan Yvonne Kelly Brendan Kenny Brendan O'Brien Eileen Quinlivan Kathy Quinn Deirdre Ní Raghallaigh Richard Shakespeare 1 Lord Mayor's Business The Lord Mayor opened the meeting by asking Council for agreement on rescheduling the January Council meeting to the 11th January 2021. The request was approved. The Lord Mayor paid tribute to two staff members who will be retiring this December and who have given a life of public service to the people of Dublin. Dr. Mary Clark, Dublin City Archivist who has been a constant help to Lord Mayors, Councillors and staff of Dublin City Council with her knowledge of the city of Dublin, history of the City Council, of the Office of the Lord Mayor and the Mansion House. She started with Dublin Corporation on 5th November 1979 and was the first city archivist since Sir John Gilbert in 1898. She, and the Archives, have been located in City Hall, Civic Museum and most recently in Pearse Street Library & Archive. Thanks to her work the City Council has a very good history of Dublin including new collections being donated to the Archive. Eileen Gleeson, Director of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive who retires on Christmas Eve. She has dedicated the last number of years working in Dublin City Council to those who are homeless on the streets of Dublin. She has shown great professionalism and humanity in working in this challenging position and has made a real difference through her work to those in need in our city. Representatives from all the political groups on the Council joined the Lord Mayor in expressing their gratitude to Ms. Gleeson and Dr. Clark for their years of service and wished them well in their retirement. The Lord Mayor informed Members that 6th December marked the 100th anniversary of the City Council moving its meetings to the Mansion House. On 6th December 1920 the British Army entered the Council Chamber in City Hall and arrested two Aldermen and four Councillors. Later City Hall and Municipal Buildings were requisitioned by the British Army and Dublin City Council moved to the Mansion House for its meetings where it remained for the following four years. The Lord Mayor reported that following 13 meetings, the Lord Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness will present its report to Minister O’Brien, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. For the past number of months the Task Force has heard from Service Users and Service Providers which will culminate in the submission of a “Top Five Requests” to the Minister on Friday next. The Lord Mayor thanked Brendan Kenny, Eileen Gleeson and all the Elected Members who worked on the Task Force. The Lord Mayor briefed Members on the Christmas events at the Mansion House: IFA Live Animal Crib will open tomorrow at 11am and will be on the forecourt of the Mansion House from 11am to 5pm every day until Christmas Eve when it will close at 2pm. It has changed slightly to allow for Covid compliance but I’m delighted to be able to continue the Mansion House tradition. Rewind 2020 – An Interfaith gathering will take place daily in the Lord Mayor’s Garden and will celebrate religious festivals missed during 2020 with each day dedicated to a different faith. It will be broadcast via the Dublin Interfaith Forum You Tube and Facebook channels. 12 Days of a Christmas Carol is an online event featuring a number of well- known faces reading a different chapter of Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ every evening at 7pm starting 13th December and continuing up to Christmas Eve. Christmas Dinners for the Homeless – The Lord Mayor is working with the Knights of St. Columbanus to assist them this year with Christmas Dinners for the Homeless. This year the dinners will be made in the RDS and brought to Homeless Hostels and Hubs but they will also dispense some dinners from the forecourt of the Mansion House on Christmas morning. The Lord Mayor’s Award for November (Transportation Staff category) was presented to Rory Colman who works for Dublin Bus. The December Award is for staff in the Hospital Services Sector and nominations close on Wednesday 16th December. The Lord Mayor informed Members that the Emergency Motions submitted by Cllr. Anthony Flynn and Cllr. Máire Divine had been ruled out of order as they both called for a course of action that was beyond the legislative remit of the City Council. However, she assured Members that she would raise the issues highlighted in Cllr. Flynn’s motions with Minister Stephen Donnelly during her scheduled meeting with him. She also gave a commitment to write to Minister Simon Harris in relation to Health Care Assistants and Student nurses and invited Group Leaders to co-sign the letter. 2 Ceisteanna fé Bhuan Ordú Úimhir 16 11 - 73 It was moved by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council approves the Dublin Chief Executive answering the questions lodged. The motion having been put and carried, written answers to the 144 questions lodged for the City Council meeting were issued. The Questions and Answers are set out in Appendix A to these minutes. 3 Correspondence (a) Letter dated 6th November 2020 from Sligo County Council conveying the terms of a resolution passed at their recent meeting calling on the Taoiseach to implement the recommendations of the Grant Thornton report on the future of the post office network. It was moved by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that that Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter. The motion was put and carried. (b) Letter dated 16th October 2020 from Kerry County Council conveying the terms of a resolution passed at their recent meeting that the Killarney MD would put up notices at uncontrolled crossing, informing the public that they do not have the right just to walk, as this is at the discretion of the driver and cyclists to stop. It was moved by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that that Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter. The motion was put and carried. (c) Letter dated 12th November 2020 from Carlow County Council conveying the terms of a resolution passed at their recent meeting recognising that the Mother and Baby homes represent a very dark part of our states history and that the survivors of the Mother and Baby homes have legitimate concerns regarding access to their personal information. It was moved by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that that Dublin City Council notes the contents of this letter. The motion was put and carried. 4 To confirm the minutes of the City Council Meeting held on 16th November 2020. Cllr. James Geoghegan asked for clarification regarding item 13 on the minutes, Report No. 311/2020. It was confirmed that Report No. 310/2020 and 311/2020 were taken together and both were rejected. The minutes will be amended to reflect this and resubmitted for approval in January 2021. 5 To fill one vacancy on the City of Dublin Education and Training Board (CDETB) following the resignation of Cllr. Noeleen Reilly. It was agreed to defer the filling of this vacancy to the January 2021 City Council meeting. 6 Disposal of Fee Simple and Freehold Interest: (a) Report No. 303/2020 of the Executive Manager (M. Hayes) - With reference to the disposal of the Fee Simple Interest under the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978 in 11 premises. It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 303/2020 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put and carried. (b) Report No. 339/2020 of the Executive Manager (M. Hayes) - With reference to the disposal of the Fee Simple Interest under the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act, 1978 in 15 premises. It was proposed by Lord Mayor Hazel Chu and seconded by Deputy Lord Mayor Mary Callaghan that Dublin City Council notes the contents of Report No. 339/2020 and assents to the proposal outlined therein. The motion was put and carried. (c) Report No. 344/2020 of the Executive Manager (P. Clegg) - With reference to the proposed disposal of fee simple interest in a site at the former St.

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