Annual Report 2006 South Dublin County Council Corporate Management Team
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South Dublin County Council Comhairle Contae Átha Cliath Theas Annual Report 2006 South Dublin County Council Corporate Management Team Mr Joe Horan Mr Michael Keyes CountY Manager Head of Human Resources Mr Tom Doherty Mr Jim Walsh Director of Planning & DeputY Manager Director of Economic DeVelopment Mr Pat Smith Mr Adrian O’Gorman Director of CommunitY, Parks and Libraries LaW Agent Ms Mary Pyne Mr Tommy Kavanagh Director of EnVironmental SerVices Head of Information TechnologY Mr Brian Brennan Ms Philomena Poole CountY Architect Director of Housing & Social DeVelopment Mr Frank Coffey Director of Transportation and Mr Benny Hickey CountY Engineer Head of Corporate SerVices Ms Clodagh Henehan Head of Finance South Dublin CountY Council Annual Report 2006 Contents Message from the Mayor 2 Message from the County Manager 3 Elected Members & Electoral Areas 4 Area Committees 7 Strategic Policy Committee 8 Corporate Policy Group & County Development Board 10 Events 2006 11 Council Membership of Committees and Statutory Bodies 13 Conferences 2006 15 Award Winners 18 Community Services 19 Parks 24 Libraries 27 Economic Development 30 Environmental Services 34 Housing 38 Planning 42 Roads Traffic and Transportation 45 Architectural Services 48 Corporate Services 49 Human Resources 52 Law 54 Information Technology 55 Finance 58 Finance Statistics 61 National Service Indicators 64 1 South Dublin CountY Council Annual Report 2006 Message from the Mayor South Dublin - A place to be proud of South Dublin is the most Vibrant and diVerse of places on this island. In terms of geographY it is spread out from Tallaght to Clondalkin, on to Lucan and PalmerstoWn. Including the old historic Villages of Saggart, Rathcoole, NeWcastle and Brittas, Terenure and Rathfarnham, South Dublin CountY Council makes up the second largest local authoritY in the countrY. Surrounded in part bY the Dublin Mountains and the Wonderful RiVer Dodder, the South CountY Dublin area is a miX of both urban and rural liVing. Our Council proVides an eXtensiVe list of serVices for it’s residents, and is fortunate to haVe a Workforce that striVes to make our CountY a better place for all of us. The good Work of the staff and management Was recognised and honoured recentlY, When this Council Was aWarded the prestigious ‘Local AuthoritY of the Year AWard’. In addition our Council also Won aWards in three specialist categories. Tallaght is the principal toWn Within the countY and is the third largest centre of population in the countrY. Tallaght is a great place to liVe, With a communitY spirit that is second to none and a heritage that goes back to the eighth centurY. Throughout our countY, this Council Will continue to Work diligentlY in proViding homes for those Who need them, be it social or affordable accommodation. I Will striVe to Work With those in the communities to make South Dublin litter-free and a place Where all residents can be proud of. The Annual Report for 2006 is an account of this Council and hoW it’s Work is funded. It is a transparent record made aVailable to the public. Slán go fóill. Mayor Éamonn Maloney South Dublin CountY Council 2 South Dublin CountY Council Annual Report 2006 Message from the County Manager In accordance With the objectiVes of our Corporate Plan • The Council continues through its “ Property Path ” 2004-2009 - “Connecting With the Communities”, an initiatiVe to make significant progress in deVeloping ambitious programme of Work Was undertaken in 2006 home oWnership through promotion of affordable bY South Dublin CountY Council Which builds on housing in association With the Affordable Homes progress to date in improVing outcomes for all Who Partnership liVe, Work and plaY in our countY. • Further deVelopment of our Intermodal Traveller Significant achieVements throughout the Year include: Information System based on automatic number plate recognition technologY to assess traffic • Further progress on the rollout of the sustainable neW moVements on national and orbital routes, feed this communitY in Adamstown in tandem With social, information into transport planning and make aVailable infrastructural and communitY facilities and the real-time traVel and congestion information across the progressing of plans for a further, similar Strategic Web to commuters and other transport agencies DeVelopment Zone on the same model in the BalgaddY /Clonburris area. • The deVelopment of proposals to proVide Green Pedestrian and Cycle routes throughout the countY • VerY good progress Was made on our Development and making connections into neighbouring authorities Plan 2004-2010 programme of Local Area Plans and Masterplans most significantlY With the adoption of • Proposals adVanced for deVelopment of Park and Ride our neW Tallaght ToWn Centre Masterplan in 2006 sites on the N4 & N7 to reduce commuter traffic from roads traVersing the countY • NeW measures introduced to promote pro-social behaviour initiatives and deVelop sustainable • Studies commenced on introduction of a School neighbourhood models in Council housing estates Transport System to alleViate traffic congestion from this source • Significant progress made on the Traveller Housing Programme and in deVeloping inter-agencY supports This significant progress has been achieVed through to the traVeling communitY in association With our ongoing organisational change initiatiVes in areas of staff CountY DeVelopment Board partners deVelopment, business process improVements and better and more integrated use of resources to ensure the • A major neW Leisure Centre Was opened in Tallaght, proVision of qualitY information, improVed customer Work Was commenced on a similar facilitY in serVice and deliVerY on Work programmes. A significant Clondalkin and the neW Skatepark in Lucan in 2006 element of this approach is achieVed through harnessing together With additional and improVed children’s of Information TechnologY to enable our customers plaYground facilities throughout the countY interact easilY and meaningfullY With the Council. • The Council’s Business Park at Grange Castle I Would like to take this opportunitY to commend continues to be deVeloped With WYeth Medica the leadership of MaYor Eamon MaloneY, the commencing operations, IAWS deVeloping a major Elected Members, Strategic PolicY Committees, neW facilitY and permission being secured for a the Corporate Management Team and all the significant generic integrated circuit manufacturing staff of the Council for their continued facilitY to IDA Ireland commitment to the change processes currentlY being implemented and to congratulate • The Connect project continues to be eXpanded to the organisation as a Whole for leading place South Dublin CountY online bY enabling all its the WaY in proViding eXcellent leVels of citiZens to use technologY in innoVatiVe WaYs to public serVice. This Was acknoWledged achieVe their goals and to change/shape internet bY the aWard to the Council of the content to be more releVant to local interests and prestigious Local Authority of the needs. The Connect School element, in partnership Year 2006 aWard and other categorY With St Aidan’s CommunitY School, Brookfield, aWards bY Chambers Ireland. deVelops student-centred technologY through an innoVatiVe learning culture in order to improVe school attendance, participation in class and educational Joe Horan, outcomes for the students CountY Manager 3 South Dublin CountY Council Annual Report 2006 Elected Members & Electoral Areas Thérèse Gerard TreVor Shane Robert Derek Guss BillY Eamon Ridge Cullen Gilligan O’Connor DoWds Keating O’Connell GogartY TuffY Clondalkin Lucan Robert Dowds Eamon Tuffy Phone: 01 459 4583 Mobile: 086 386 3173 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Address: 43 Castle Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Address: 22 LiffeY Wood, LiffeY ValleY Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin Trevor Gilligan Phone: 01 414 9341 Derek Keating Mobile: 085 714 5005 Phone: 01 628 1053 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 087 285 7435 Address: 112 Cappaghmore Estate, Clondalkin, Email: [email protected] Co. Dublin. c/o CiVic Centre, Clondalkin Dublin Address: 66 Beech Park, Lucan, Co. Dublin 22 (beside Old Mill Shopping Centre) Billy Gogarty Shane O’Connor Phone: 01 621 8660 Phone: 01 457 5668 Mobile: 087 617 2290 Mobile: 087 240 7922 Address: 34 CherburY Park Road, Lucan, Email: [email protected] Co. Dublin. Address: 170 CherrYWood Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Guss O’Connell Phone: 01 626 8554 Thérèse Ridge Mobile: 087 683 8254 Phone: 01 457 3438 Address: 47 PalmerstoWn Green, PalmerstoWn, Email: [email protected] Dublin 20 Address: 4 St Patrick’s AVenue, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 Gerard Cullen Mobile: 087 133 9221 Address: 5 Glebe House, NeWcastle, Co. Dublin 4 South Dublin CountY Council Annual Report 2006 Jim Cathal Caitriona John Marie Karen Joe Mick Éamonn Mark DalY King Jones Hannon Corr Warren NeVille MurphY MaloneY DalY Tallaght Central Tallaght South Mick Murphy Marie Corr Phone: 01 493 4696 Mobile: 085 735 9200 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Address: 78 Whitechurch WaY, Dublin 16 Address: 35 Sundale Park, Mountain VieW, JobstoWn, Dublin 24 Mark Daly Phone: 01 414 9063 Jim Daly Mobile: 087 997 4541 Phone: 01 458 9782 Email: [email protected] Mobile: 087 2542454 Address: 31 Cill Cais, Old BaWn, Tallaght, Email: [email protected] Dublin 24 Address: 59 Coolamber DriVe, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin Éamonn Maloney Phone: 01 452 5969 / 01 452 5298 John Hannon Email: [email protected] Phone: 01 414 9314 / 01