Chief Executive's Report
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January 2020 Chief Executive’s Report Lucan Weir About the Chief Executive’s Report Contents South Dublin County Council’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 South Dublin 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 Templeogue 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.