January 2020 Chief Executive’s Report

Lucan Weir About the Chief Executive’s Report Contents

South ’s Chief Executive’s Report is presented to elected members at Council 22 every month and details important achievements across our various departments whilst highlighting key statistics and images from events that took place that month. Statistics Report The report also highlights major news pieces and puts a focus on an area of the Council that doesn’t always get the attention it deserves.

06 HOUSING SOCIAL AND 24 04 LUPT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Finance Report Highlights from Land Use Planning and Transportation. 25

Images of the Month

ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE AND 08 TOURISM DEVELOPMENT Features

14 KILCARBERY APPROVED An Bord Pleanála approve the Council’s plan for over 1000 new homes.

16 COMMUNITY ENDEAVOUR The 2019 Community Endeavour Awards CORPORATE PERFORMANCE AND took place in December. 10 CHANGE MANAGEMENT

18 TRANSPARENCY INDEX The Council topped the annual National Integrity Index for local authorities.

COUNCIL FOCUS 20 A look at health and wellbeing initiatives in the Council.

ENVIRONMENT WATER AND 12 CLIMATE CHANGE

3 Lucan Lighting Scheme The Celbridge Road in Lucan in recent years has become a busier road that serves new housing LAND USE PLANNING AND estates and has increased car and pedestrian movements.

In recognition of this and with the TRANSPORTATION aim of improving safety for those people using this road, the team have installed eighteen new pub- lic LED lighting columns along the road and this has already made a big improvement in this area.

Public lighting is key to County Council achiev- ing its energy efficiency target detailed in the Council’s Climate Change Action Plan.

The Council is committed to achievingfurther energy reduc- Development Management tions in this area. 2019 was one of the busiest years yet for the Council’s Development Management team. The Planning Authority received approximately 950 planning applications for determination and received over 1,000 Alderlie in Adamstown SDZ planning enforcement complaints. All of these applications and complaints are assessed by a team of planning, technician and administrative staff in the Council.

of the Bike Bus and after many Village D12 Bike Bus weeks trialling different routes and refining down the timetable the There has been a lot of collabo- parents, and children, are ready to ration between the Council, local he D12 Bike Bus has set officially launch their Bike Bus. Councillors and the Templeogue the wheels in motion for a Tidy Town team over the last T more sustainable commute The aim to the launch is primarily number of months on the Tem- through South Dublin. The Bike to celebrate their hard work to pleogue Village Renewal Works. Bus, the first of its kind in South date; to help raise awareness of Dublin, took place from 7.30 am on their presence on the road and to This collaboration has helped to Friday 12 December. encourage other parents, or cycling finalise the detailed design of the volunteers, to get involved and project, which will be going out The D12 Bike Bus is currently made support the D12 Bike Bus or set up to tender for a contractor early in up of parent volunteers from the their own Bike Bus 2020 with an estimated cost of school community who enable approximately €1.2 million. their children to cycle safely to D12 Bike Bus school on the road, along a set The D12 Bike Bus promotes cycle Ahead of the big works that will route, and on a set timetable, every safety for children. take place in 2020 the team have Friday morning. The volunteers act agreed on the design and have as a sort of mobile, protected bike installed a new heritage sign at lane for these children. the entrance to the village.

The Galway Cycle Bus was the Templeogue Village Renewal Works inspiration behind the setting up

4 5 New Homes in 2019 Over 540 households on the South Dublin Housing List received keys to their new homes through- HOUSING SOCIAL AND out 2019. The number of new tenancies represents a significant increase on 2018 figures and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT is a result of the Council’s own building programme, reallocation of existing stock and collaboration with Approved Housing Bodies.

High standard new developments such as St. Cuthbert’s, Owendoher, MacUlliam Heights and Glasbeag delivered by the Council with funding support from the Depart- ment of Housing, Planning and Local Government were allocated in 2019.

In addition, Part V delivery and the purchase of new build homes Carbon Monoxide Scheme for social housing in estates such Applications for the Council’s Carbon as Somerton (Respond Housing), Monoxide Scheme remains open until 16 White Pines (Circle Housing) West- January. park (Cluid Housing) by Approved Housing Bodies were also allocat- The scheme is also available to residents ed to families from the Council’s who are under the age of 55 if they are Housing List. living alone or deemed vulnerable for the purpose of this scheme. More details are available on www.sdcc.ie.

Damian’s National School, Per- Football for All Schools Fun Sports Bursary Awards Day rystown along with other volun- teers as well as teachers from the The Council’s Annual Sports Bur- The Council and FAI Football De- schools. sary Awards, in partnership with velopment Team hosted the annual TU Dublin -Tallaght, were pre- Football for All Schools Fun Day in All children were brought to and sented. in December The bursary, Tallaght Leisure Centre on Thursday from their schools by bus courtesy which began in 2006, provides 12th December. This event brings of the Council and also received grants to students involved with together participating schools from a Christmas present as they left, sports teams in TU Dublin. the weekly Football For All pro- ensuring many happy faces at the grammes in South Dublin County, end of the fun day. This year awards were made namely Scoil Mochua, Clondalkin; to students across many codes Stewart’s Special School, Palmer- including Gaelic games, basket- ston and Cheeverstown Special ball, football, badminton, boxing, School. volleyball and weightlifting. Football For All Overseen by local Football Devel- The Council and the FAI held the Past recipients of the bursary opment Officers JJ Glynn, Stephen Football For All event in Tallaght include players that have repre- Rice, Mark Connors and Robbie De sented Irish international hockey Courcy, some 60 boys and girls took and badminton as well as players part in an engaging range of fun from GAA and League of Ireland. and inclusive activities and games. They were greatly assisted on the Over 540 households received keys to their new homes in 2019 day by helpers from 6th class in St.

6 7 Innovation Centre Contracts have been signed for the design of the Council’s upcoming Enterprise Innovation Centre with ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE AND Oxford Innovation.

The new 4,000 m2 innovation TOURISM DEVELOPMENT centre will be located adjacent to the Council’s head office in Tallaght and will provide flexible office space.

The project is being supported through the government’s Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). It is considered to be a key part of the Council’s vision for the future Tallaght.

Pictured below with Daniel McLoughlin, Chief Executive of South Dublin County Council, is Ruth O’Herlihy of McCullough Local Enterprise Week Mulvin Architects.. The Local Enterprise Office will be an- nouncing a number of events in the com- ing weeks for this year’s Local Enterprise Grange Castle Business Park Week. Local Enterprise Week 2020 takes place from Monday, 2 March to Friday, 6 March.

Shamrock Rovers’ Recep- development of the North Stand Grange Castle tion and remodelling of the Main Stand gets underway. In conjunction with South Dublin County Council is Mayor’s Reception was these plans, South Dublin County to dispose of approximately 20.3 held in Tallaght Stadium to Council in-tends to promote Tal- acres at Grange Castle Business celebrate Shamrock Rovers’ laght Stadium as an events venue Park to Microsoft Ireland Opera- A tions Limited. historic 25th FAI Cup victory. to include music, festivals and all aspects of community events. With The Council celebrated the success stadium seating and temporary on- The proposed disposal was of the Stephen Bradley, the players, field seating, the venue will accom- brought to the December Council Jonathan Roche and everyone con- mo-date up to 20,000 people. meeting and will add to Micro- nected with the club and presented soft’s existing campus in Grange Shamrock Rovers with a token of Castle to meet ongoing demands appreciation from Mayor Vicki Cas- in the data centre and cloud serly. Cllr Charlie O’Connor acted as computing sector. host for the night. Shamrock Rovers A Mayor’s Reception was held to cele- Full details of the site disposal The victory means European foot- brate Shamrock Rovers’ victory. are available on sdcc.ie under ball will be returning to Tallaght the December Council meetings Stadium in 2020 as Shamrock minutes. Rovers enter the Europa League.

This will be an exciting year for The signing of the contract for the design of the Innovation Centre in Tallaght the Council owned stadium as the

8 9 Polling Scheme Elected members adopted the Council’s Polling Scheme at the December Council meeting. The CORPORATE PERFORMANCE AND new Polling Scheme included changes in the new constituency/ local electoral area boundaries CHANGE MANAGEMENT and improvements to voting ar- rangements for some electors.

The last Polling Scheme was approved by South Dublin County Council in 2010. Since then a number of circumstances have given rise to changes to the Regis- ter of Electors. These include the existing 2013 Dáil Constituency Boundary, the Dáil Constituency Commission Report 2017, and the Local Electoral Areas as contained in the Local Electoral Area Bound- ary Committee No. 2 Report 2018. Branded Hoarding The main changes brought about by the Local Electoral Area Bound- Newly designed Council hoarding has ary Committee No. 2 Report 2018 been erected at the construction site was the creation of seven Local of Lucan swimming pool. The designs Electoral Areas. showcase the mock ups of the completed project and incorporate the Council’s logo The Polling Scheme will come into and branding throughout. More hoardings effect with the publication of the with bespoke designs will be used by the 2020-21 Register of Electors on Council in 2020 so keep an eye out for the 15th February 2020. them.

lawn Park €300k Have Your Say Purple Lights Campaign ive community-led projects Over 5,000 people voted in this South Dublin County Council lit have been selected by the year’s edition of ‘€300k Have Your County Hall, Tallaght up in purple F public to be funded in the Say’, making it the most successful to mark the International Day Firhouse – Bohernabreean Electoral to date in terms of voting. of Persons with Disabilites in Area through South Dublin County December. Council’s landmark €300k Have ‘€300k Have Your Say’ is a partici- Your Say participatory budgeting patory budgeting initiative which The campaign, run by the Disa- initiative. has been run by South Dublin bility Federation of Ireland, asked County Council since 2017. landmark buildings throughout The five projects selected for fund- the country to be flooded in pur- ing are: South Dublin County Council has ple lights in a salute to the over previously won a Chambers Ireland 600,000 people in Ireland who • A Health and Wellbeing Gar- Local Government Award in Citizen live with a disability. den in Firhouse Community Engagement for the initiative and €300k Have Your Say Centre been shortlisted for a European Residents from Glenasmole at the #PurpleLightUp is a global move- • An Intergenerational Outdoor Innovation in Politics award in the Have Your Say results night. ment designed to draw attention Activity Space in Glenasmole ‘Democracy’ category. South Dublin to the economic empowerment • A Nature Trail along the River County Council was the first local of disabled people. Dodder authority in the country to run a • Upgraded playground facilities participatory budgeting initiative in Ballycragh Park in 2017. County Hall was lit up for the Purple Lights Campaign • A Native Tree Trail in Wood-

10 11 Road Sweeping Contract The Council has signed a new road sweeping contract with Oxigen Environmental Ltd. The ENVIRONMENT WATER AND new contract commences on 1 January 2020 and runs for a period of three years with an option to extend to five years in total. The CLIMATE CHANGE value of the contract is €2.1m per year. The contract provides for several improvements in the road sweeping service as set out below.

• Dual carriageway sweeping frequency to increase to monthly. • Sweeping/cleaning of main roads and housing estate roads in certain areas is to in- crease to fortnightly for main roads and once every 6 weeks for estate roads. • Weed control is to improve Christmas Competition with the frequency increasing to 3 times per. Did you know that every year each house- • New contract includes im- hold generates an estimated 54kgs extra proved requirements in the waste per household over Christmas! In area of leaf removal. order to raise awareness and highlight • Improvements in record the issue, the Council’s Environmental keeping and reporting on the Awareness section held a Christmas Dec- contract are also included. oration Competition with over 80 entries displayed in County Hall in December.

meet these responsibilities and Inclusive Playspaces Semi- Electric Vans - 1 Year On nar and Launch of Video commitments South Dublin County Council developed a playspace de- The introduction of Electric Ve- he Mayor of South Dublin sign programme with accessibility hicles (EVs) was piloted in 2019 County Council, Cllr Vikki as a core aim. to test the feasibility of using Casserly opened a seminar electricity as a power source for T The seminar was targeted at Public on inclusive playspaces at the our fleet rather than fossil fuels. County Hall. The seminar was Realm designers, parks staff, plan- hosted by SDCC to disseminate ners, and any others who has a role, Since then, the Council’s five EVs information and knowledge about or interest, in providing inclusive have travelled approximately universal design gained over the playspaces and developing healthy, 26,000 km and with no reports of past five years during the roll out sustainable communities and was running out of power! of SDCC’s playspace programme. well attended. Estimated cost savings by using The playspace programme is devel- A video showcasing Inclusive Play- electricity instead of diesel is oping accessible, inclusive play- spaces across South Dublin County Playspace Seminar around €2,000. In terms of CO2 spaces for children of all abilities. was premiered during the seminar The Council leads the way in devel- savings, it is estimated that Local Authorities have a variety of and is available to view on the oping inclusive playspaces. equivalent vans running diesel policy and legislative responsibili- Council’s YouTube page. engines would have produced 3.5 ties to provide accessible facilities tonnes of CO2 in order to travel a and services to all disabled people similar distance. (the Disability Act 2005, UN Con- vention on the Rights of Persons The Council’s Electric Van fleet was rolled out one year ago with Disabilities etc.). In order to

12 13 to the market. deliver 4500 homes over the next few years. We must now get on with HOUSING PLANS The 724 private homes include a commencement on site at the earliest KILCARBERY HOUSING comprehensive range of 3 and 4-bed opportunity and look forward to the houses as well as one, two and development of this new community. “ three-bed apartments. The tender Kilcarbery comprises a significant also includes an 847 sq.m. community Welcoming the grant of planning per- number of the approximately 4,500 APPROVED building which will be handed over to mission, Anthony Lydon and Michael new homes South Dubin County the Council. A creche and retail unit Whelan Jr of Adwood Ltd, said, Council could deliver under an will also be included as part of the ambitious housing plan worth in development “We are delighted to partner with excess of €1 billion. South Dublin County Council on this The Kilcarbery development is part development and look forward to Other developments include of the Council’s €1 billion investment delivering over one thousand new delivering 2,600 homes at Clon- plan for building 4,500 new homes in homes on site.” burris, 500 in Killinarden, 250 in the County in the coming years. Rathcoole and 150 new homes in Belgard Square North. Daniel McLoughlin, Chief Executive of South Dublin County Council, said,

“This is a vital element of our overall council-led housing strategy to

South Dublin County Council’s joint venture development of 1,034 homes at Kilcarbery in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

he joint venture development Adwood Ltd, a consortium of estab- will provide over 1,000 homes lished Dublin builders Adroit and T of 29 acres of council land at Maplewood, will develop the site. Ad- Kilcarbery. wood Ltd will pay the council €38m and deliver 310 social housing units The mixed tenure development which at competitive rates over four years. will include 310 social housing units (30% of the development) is the first In return for state support through of its kind envisaged as part of the the Local Infrastructure Housing major urban sites initiative under Activation Fund (LIHAF) of €2m, the “Rebuilding Ireland”. developer has also committed to de- Drawings of the Kilcarbery development livering 50 units at prices discounted

14 15 • Templeogue United Football Club Award 2019. • Brookfield Fettercairn Men’s Shed COMMUNITY TEAM • Clondalkin Men’s Shed Speaking at the event, Mayor Cllr COMMUNITY ENDEAVOUR • Glenasmole Ceili Committee Vicki Casserly said, • St Lorcan’s Boys National School, Gardening Club “There is an immense richness and The Community Endeavour Awards • Palmerstown Meitheal Tidy variety of voluntary organisations is just one of the ways South AWARDS Towns working in South Dublin and it is Dublin County Council supports • NINA for Life important that we celebrate them and and celebrates the wide range • SPAR Dutch Village the difference they make to the lives of groups that work to make our • 180th Lucan South Scouts Group of the people of this County. Their County such a vibrant and inclusive • MacUilliam Soulswork Choir dedication is invaluable to this County place to live, visit, work and do and everyone who lives, works and business in. passes through here.” Andrea Fox was also named as South You can find more information Dublin County’s Volunteer of the Year on community initiatives, funding at the event. Rhasidat Adeleke and and support, contacts and vari- the Dublin Ladies Senior Gaelic Foot- ous committees, such as the Joint ball Team were recipients of a Mayor’s Policing Committee and the Local Special Honorary Award and the Community Development Commit- Clondalkin Men’s Shed were awarded tee on www.sdcc.ie.en/services/ the Overall Community Endeavour community.

The Community Endeavour Awards took place in the Red Cow Moran’s Hotel on Friday 6 December. Mayor Cllr Vicki Casserly was on hand to present the awards to the winning groups.

he Community Endeavour A total of 126 entries were received Awards aim to acknowledge, from a wide variety of groups operat- T promote and recognise the ing in South Dublin County and these work of community and voluntary or- were then assessed by an independ- ganisations within the administrative ent judging panel. area of South Dublin County Council. Libraries across the County also par- Thirteen awards were handed out ticipating in a variety of ways includ- across a number of categories to the ing providing sensory friendly library following groups. times and reading books that have Clondalkin Men’s Shed at the awards accessibility themes during children’s • The Friends of St Cuthbert’s storytimes. • The Park Community Centre

16 17 and draws from information available NOAC produce annual reports on local NATIONAL INTEGRITY on council websites, freedom of infor- authority performance, which can be INDEX mation requests and feedback from found on their website at www.noac. COUNCIL TOPS local authority staff and councillors. ie.

The index is based on research carried South Dublin County Council have The National Integrity Index is out between June 2019 and Decem- also previously scored highly in comprised of research carried INTEGRITY INDEX ber 2019. On average, local authori- NOAC reports around areas such as out by Transparency International ties in Ireland improved their scores providing ‘Value for Money’ and how Ireland. by 9% compared to 2018. the public feel the Council is doing overall. Transparency International Ireland The report is independent of the describes themselves as an inde- statutory body that oversees the local pendent, non-profit and government sector, the National Over- nonpartisan organisation. sight and Audit Commission (NOAC). NOAC was established in July 2014 The first index on Local Authorities under the Local Government Reform was published in July 2018 and Act 2014 to provide independent was based on research carried out oversight of the local government between July 2017 and February sector (local authorities and asso- 2018. ciated bodies), including Regional Assemblies.

South Dublin County Council topped Transparency Interna- tional Ireland’s annual National Integrity Index.

he Council were ranked joint- South Dublin County Council ranked first in Transparency Interna- joint highest alongside County T tional Ireland’s (TII) annual Council when it comes to behaving in National Integrity Index when it was a transparent manner. South Dublin released in December. County Council received 100% in the Accountability ranking and received Transparency International Ireland’s an overall score of 22 points out of (TII) annual National Integrity Index 30. (NII) ranks the country’s 31 local authorities based on three criteria: The index and report examine transparency, accountability and systems and practices for promoting County Hall, Tallaght ethics. integrity in local authorities

18 19 physical activity. This is under- pinned by the range of sports, leisure and recreational facilities provided by the Council through- out the County, the latest of which will be the new swimming pool at Lucan that is currently under construction.

Healthy communities are con- nected and engaged. We provide multiple supports and funding opportunities for community participation to complement the expanding range of community centres that are a focal point for groups as well as hosting many health programmes and events.

A range of community health projects are supported by the Council to deliver health interventions and improve- ments, particularly in our most disadvantaged areas. Coupled with our social inclusion work, including through the delivery of the Social Inclusion Community The Council has a key role to play in promot- Activation Programme, we work ing and supporting the health and wellbeing of to engage and support margin- individuals and communities. We do this through alised individuals and groups to initiatives and programmes that make positive improve health awareness and and practical changes to health and behaviour. HEALTH AND WELLBEING education. Older persons’ health and wellbeing initiatives will be he Healthy South deliver on the Local Economic further developed with a new Dublin Strategy and Community Plan goal to County Age-Friendly Strategy this 2019-2022, developed “empower our Communities T year, in line with South Dublin’s by the South Dublin Health to improve their health and FRAMEWORK membership of the WHO Global County Committee together wellbeing and quality of life”. Network for Age-friendly Cities with the Local Community and Communities. Development Committee The Council promotes health and the Children’s and Young and wellbeing for the com- In addition, funding under the Peoples Services Committee munity across our services Healthy Ireland programme identifies actions for the spe- and functions and leads the 2019-2021 in South Dublin will cific themes in the National Healthy County Committee’s support the Social Prescribing Healthy Ireland Strategy: oversight of interagency Project; a pilot Community Alco- Healthy Weight, Physical projects. Our annual Health hol Programme, a Physical Activ- Activity, Mental Health & and Wellbeing Week, which ity Challenge, a Primary Schools Wellbeing, Sexual Health, attracted 10,000 participants Sports Coaching Programme, Alcohol and Tobacco. in 2019 in 2019 highlights mental health/suicide prevention the work we do in this area. work and Community Mental This provides a roadmap for Health Fund projects. improving health in South Our Sports Partnership and Dublin County and is the stra- Sports and Recreation teams tegic framework to support focus on a wide range of our corporate objective to sports activities for all as “lead a healthy, active and well promoting physical participative County” and literacy and the benefits of

20 21 DECEMBER STATISTICS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

22 23 FINANCE IMAGES OF THE REPORT MONTH

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