Chief Executive's Report
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT THIS MONTH: European Investment Bank backs rejuvenation of Limerick and confirms new Irish urban investment plans Three awards for Limerick City and County Council 15,000 people attend ‘Light Up Limerick’ 51 new jobs as three new fashion outlets open in Crescent Shopping Centre CONTENTS: Empowering Economic Organisational Financial the Citizen Development Development Matters 1. Community and Planning 1. Communications 1. Home Improvement Schemes Support Services 1. Planning 2. Schedule of 2. HAP Shared Applications Meetings 2. Rent Collection Services 2. Investment 3. Training Fire and 3. Commercial Rates 3. Social Development 3. Innovate Limerick Emergency Services and Loans 4. Customer Services 4. Marketing and 4. Digital Strategy 4. General Municipal Allocation 5. Library Services Communications 5. European 6. Limerick Culture 5. Digital Strategy Investment Bank and Arts Office 6. Housing Capital and Investment 7. Limerick Museum Regeneration 8. Limerick City 7. Water Services Gallery of Art 8. Forward Planning 9. Planning and Environment 10. Fire and Emergency Services 11. Access to Information 12. Digital Strategy 13. Veterinary Services 14. Limerick Smarter Travel November 2017 /2 of 17 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT Empowering the Citizen 1. Community Support Services Waiting List Housing Waiting List 3,310 Allocations Metropolitan Adare – Cappamore – Newcastle West Total District Rathkeale Kilmallock No of Units 38 1 1 4 44 November 2017 Year to Date 206 21 17 32 276 Cemeteries Table 3: Accommodation Type Total No. of Burials in the City Graveyards Accommodation Type • Kilmurry: 7 Private Emergency Accommodation (PEA) 75 • Castlemungret: 8 Supported Temporary Accommodation (STA) 196 • Mount St. Oliver: 17 Temporary Emergency Accommodation (low 41 • Mount St. Lawrence: 16 support) (TEA) Other 0 Domestic Waste Refuse Waiver Scheme Total 312 Total number of waivers issued for Limerick City and County Council for November is three. Table 4: Families with dependent children breakdown Limerick Homeless Action Team – Pathway No. of No. of No. of families with Individual Dependents Accommodation and Support System dependent Adults (PASS) Data. children PASS Data Mid West Region November 2017 Limerick Individuals with 43 43 73 only. dependent children Couples with 23 46 47 Table 1: Gender dependent children Gender Total Total 66 89 120 Male 182 Female 127 Total 309 2. HAP Shared Services Table 2: Age Group (as per CSO) The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides Age Group housing assistance for households who qualify for social housing support, including many long-term rent 18-24 45 supplement recipients. 25-44 185 45-64 73 The HAP Shared Services Centre currently administers 65+ 6 the following transactional processes on a shared services bases for all 31 local authorities and the Total 309 Dublin Regional Homeless Executive: • Set-up and commencement of HAP tenancy • Payment of monthly landlord rent • Weekly differential rent debit • Collection of tenant rent 2 of 17 November 2017 /3 of 17 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT • Monitoring review and maintenance of HAP from schools and youth groups to examine young tenancies people’s issues including a Healthy Limerick theme • Recoupment management of the social determinants of health. Extra support • Reporting on various aspects of the transactions was provided by Limerick City and County Council to and data handled by the HAP SSC provide transport through Rural Link to ensure young people from the county attended. At the end of November there were 30,031 active HAP tenancies. Learning Limerick Learning Limerick Strategic Plan 2018-2022 entitled The weekly tenant debit was €1.3 million and the “Helping to grow Limerick as a Learning Region” was monthly landlord payment run was €21 million. launched by the Mayor of the City and County of A Data Analyst commenced employment with the Limerick, Councillor Stephen Keary on 30 November HAP Shared Services Centre at the end of November. in the Hunt Museum. HAP was shortlisted for a Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Award. The award ceremony Healthy Limerick took place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin with Healthy Ireland Strand 1 funding: Limerick LCDC members of the HAP Team in attendance. was successful in its application for €100,000 for a range of actions promoting physical activity in Limerick. The fifteen actions are: 1. Inclusive Cycle Safety - Lead agency: Ballyhoura 3. Social Development Beo, Ballyhoura Development Community Leisure and Emergency 2. Northside Men on the Move Programme - Lead Services Strategic Policy Committee agency: Limerick Sports Partnership The Community Leisure and Emergency Services 3. Cycle Instructor Training Courses - Lead agency: Strategic Policy Committee was held on 9 November. Limerick Smarter Travel, Limerick City and County The theme of the meeting was disability and Council accessibility and presentations were given by 4. Expansion of the current Fit for Work and Life EmployAbility Limerick, Community Participation Programme - Lead agency: PAUL Partnership Network and Limerick Sports Partnership. 5. Fitness through Movement - Lead agency: Limerick It was recommended that accessibility is embedded in City CDP all council policies. 6. Street League Soccer - Lead agency: Community Substance Misuse Team 7. Cool Movers Programme - Lead agency: Limerick Local Community Development Sports Partnership Committee (LCDC) 8. Inclusion Sport Club - Lead agency: Limerick Sports The Local Community Development Committee Partnership received a presentation on socio-economic conditions 9. Direct Provision Project: Now we’re cooking and in Limerick based on new Census statistics, the inclusion through soccer - Lead agency: Parkville new RAPID programme and Social Inclusion and F.C. Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2018. The LCDC approved the sectoral agreement between the 10. Active Murroe - Lead agency: Murroe Park Development Board LCDC (Local Action Group), Implementing Partners (Ballyhoura Development Company and West Limerick 11. Local Loop Education Walk Initiative - Lead agency: Resources) and the Local Enterprise Office. Ballyhoura Beo, Ballyhoura Development 12. Social Farming initiative - Lead agency: West Comhairle Na nÓg Limerick Resources 13. Active Abbeyfeale - Lead agency: Abbeyfeale The annual Comhairle Na nÓg event took place in the Community Council University of Limerick bringing over 100 young people 3 of 17 November 2017 /4 of 17 CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT 14. Balance bike initiative with early years’ services - November also saw the launch of a project which will Lead agency: Limerick Smarter Travel, Limerick City ultimately see the integration of housing maintenance and County Council requests into Customer Services. 15. Raising awareness of, and support for, Healthy Ireland and Healthy Limerick - Lead agency: There is a very strong Business Process Improvement Healthy Limerick approach to this integration with the intention of using The process of receiving and reviewing expressions SugarCRM as the repository for all works, both planned of interest had a number of outcomes in terms of and responsive. increasing intersectoral partnership working, which resulted in the programming of joint initiatives in Age Each housing asset will contain a clear history of Friendly and Healthy Limerick. works and activities. There will also be a system put in place to capture information on works carried out in Limerick Sports Partnership (LSP) certain areas on non-Council owned properties. There will be an Operation Level Agreement signed between The very successful Beat the Street Programme the various parties and this will define the exact nature concluded on 1 November. Over 13,000 participants of the integration and what services are covered. played the game over the seven-week period. Fifty-nine teams from schools and communities The call centre has continued its success, with our participated and travelled 105,000 miles. Customer Services Department receiving a total of The winning Schools and Community groups are as 13,865 calls throughout the month of November. follows: Schools This works out at approximately 700 calls per day, with • 1st St Brigid’s National School - travelled 13,780 the average response time being 10 seconds for calls miles to be answered. • 2nd Gaelscoil Chaladh an Treoigh Throughout the month of November, a total of 2,887 • 3rd An Modhscoil cases were logged, with the majority broken down as Community Groups follows; • 1st The Street Striders – Local Gardaí • Operations and Maintenance: 2,181 • 2nd The second best is 1st Loser (how apt with the – almost half being housing maintenance. name) • Community Support Services: 301 • 3rd St John’s Hospital • Customer Services: 104 The total number of callers to our counters at All LSP community health and fitness programmes are Merchant’s Quay and Dooradoyle was 2,321 up and running across the county i.e. Move & Lose, New Year New Start, Older Adult Fitness programmes at 7 Hubs, Men on the Move @ 6 sites, Women on Wheels Turbo Classes, Sportshall Athletics, Activation Workshops, Community Walking, Desk to 5K, Nutrition 5. Library Services Information Workshops & for more info email info@ The Limerick Soviet came into existence in April 1919, limericksports.ie when the Limerick Trades and Labour Council called for a complete work stoppage as a protest against British government plans to place workers under 4. Customer Services military law. A special strike committee was set up to oversee the