Agenda

Welcome and introduction. 1.1 Covid-19 Public Health Guidelines re Council Meetings

1.2 Disclosures/or Conflicts of Interest

Consideration of Minutes 2.1 Minutes of Council Meeting held on the 14th September, 2020 - attached

Conferences / Seminars / Training/ Further Education 3.1 Approval to Attendance

Training & Development Programme for Councillors - report attached.

3.2 Reports on Conferences

Business prescribed by Statute, Standing Orders or Resolution of the Council 4.1 Amendment to Standing Orders of - report to follow

Standard Operating Guidance (SOG) - Attendance at Council Meetings by Elected Members & Council Officials/Others

4.2 Section 183 Notice - Disposal of property within the townsland of Kiltillane, Co. Tipperary to Mr. Donal Comerford - attached

Disused Depot at the Mall, - Surplus to requirements of the District

4.3 Section 183 Notice - Disposal of property in the townsland of Clashganny West to Newcastle GAA Club, Newcastle, - attached.

Transfer of section of public green area to enable expansion of community facilities.

4.4 Section 183 Notice - disposal of property in the townsland of Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary Disused depot at Callan Street, Mullinahone - surplus to requirements of the District

4.5 Bansha West, Bansha : Local Authority own development pursuant to Section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended and Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended - report attached

The construction of 14 No. new dwelling houses comprising 4 No. three Bedroom, two storey houses, 5 No. two Bedroom, two storey houses & 5 No. two Bedroom, single storey houses, roads, footpaths, underground services, drainage systems, attenuation tank, car parking, boundary treatments, landscaping, open spaces and all associated site works at Bansha West, Bansha, Co Tipperary. The development will also include the connection to the existing access road and services at the adjoining Radharc na hAbhainn estate.

4.6 Garryshane, Donohil : Local Authority own development pursuant to Section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended and Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended - report attached.

The construction of 8 No. new dwelling houses comprising 7 No. Three Bedroom, two storey houses 1 No. Three Bedroom, single storey house, roads, footpaths, underground services, drainage systems, car parking, boundary treatments, and all associated site works at Garryshane, Donohill, Co Tipperary. The new houses are an in-fill development in the existing Cuil Greine estate and will be accessed off the existing estate road and connect to the existing services.

4.7 Knockeevan, Ballyclerihan : Local Authority own development pursuant to Section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended and Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended - report attached.

The construction of 14 no. new dwelling houses comprising 5 No. three bedroom, two storey houses, 7 No. two bedroom, two storey houses & 2 No. two bedroom, single storey houses, roads, footpaths, underground services, drainage systems, attenuation tank, car parking, boundary treatments, landscaping, open spaces and all associated site works at Knockeevan, Ballyclerihan, Co Tipperary. The development will also include the connection to the existing access road and services at the adjoining Ballyclerihan Crescent estate.

Appointment of Members to Committees or Boards 5.1 Ratification of member to Local Community & Development Committee (LCDC) Mr. Colin Commins as representive from Tipperary Educational and Training Board (ETB)

5.2 Ratification of member to represent Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District on Corporate Policy Group (CPG)

Cathaoirleach of Carrick-on-Suir Municipal District Cllr K. O'Meara October 2020-June 2021.

Consideration of Reports and Recommendations 6.1 Consideration of Management Report as per Section 136 (2) of the Local Government Act, 2001, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act, 2014 - report attached

Community/Economic Development & Tourism Water Services Environment & Climate Action Housing Corporate Services

6.2 Tipperary Transforming, Draft Tourism Product Development Plan 2020-2030 - attached

11.30 a.m. Presentation by Mr. Alan Hill, Alan Hill Tourism Development Ltd., and John Ruddle, John Ruddle Consulting.

Corporate/Organisational Issues 7.1 Agree date for annual Budget Meeting

Friday 27th November, 2020

7.2 Bloody Sunday Commemmoration Event

Chief Executive / Delegated Officers Orders 8.1 Consideration of Orders for the period to the 30th September, 2020 - report attached.

Notices of Motion (Tipperary County Council Functions) 9.1 Cllrs David Dunne and Tony Black (Ref.1953)

That this council call on the government to start the orderly windup of Irish water and for water services to be brought back under the remit of the country councils. 9.2 Cllr. Andy Moloney (Ref. 1958)

That Tipperary Tourism and Fáilte Ireland sit down together and appoint destination/activity officers in the Fáilte Ireland Offices in Tipperary that will sell various packages to Irish Tourists on a pilot scheme for 2021. This will need to be put in place immediately as we will depend on home market tourism next year.

9.3 Cllr. Siobhan Ambrose (Ref. 1961)

Due to the high frequency of overflowing bottle/clothes banks in our villages and towns I am asking that Tipperary County Council erects signage at all local authority bottle/clothes banks displaying the contact number of the recycling company. This signage should also ask members of the people not to leave bottles and clothes at these banks if they are full. This signage would enable members of the public to ring the recycling company when they see that these banks are full.

9.4 Cllr P. English (Ref: 1962)

That Tipperary County Council place a moratorium on the sale of public lands in the ownership of Tipperary County Council while the housing crisis remains

9.5 Cllrs. M. McGrath and R. Molloy (Ref: 1925)

That this Council would write to the Department of Justice to formally object to the proposal to amalgamate the Tipperary North and South Coronial Districts after the retirement of the Coroner in June 2021 due to the importance of the role and the geographical nature of .

Notice of Motions ( Non-Tipperary County Council Functions) 10.1 Cllr Andy Moloney (Ref: 1954)

That this Council write to the Minister to retain X8 services in Tipperary and the only public form of transport in that connects us to 4 cities daily.

10.2 Cllr P. English (Ref: 1963)

That Tipperary County Council support SIPTU and the "Big Star Campaign" which requests adequate investment in the Early Years services to make it affordable, accessible and high quality with professional pay for childcare workers and further calls on the government to fully support the campaign.

Correspondence 11.1 Email from Rural Water Unit, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government dated 21st September, 2020 - attached

Grant Scheme to support improvement works for a private water supply

11.2 Reply to Notice of Motion Ref; 1916 from Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection dated September, 2020 - attached. Death Grant Scheme

11.3 Reply to Notice of Motion Ref 1902 from Heritage Services, Office of Public Works dated 30th September, 2020 - attached

Invincibles at Kilmainham Goal

Resolutions from Other Local Authorities 12.1

That this Council calls on the Minister for Defence and the Government to award the medals which were recommended to those Irish Peacekeepers who participated in the Battle of Jadotville in 1961. To give due recognition and award the MMG to former Commandant Pat Quinlan of Caherdaniel, Co. Kerry. The inactivity around this issue is a stain on the reputation of the Nation.

12.2

That the members of Kildare County Council supports the request from Féileacháin to waive the fees for family grave plots where a baby will be buried and that we write to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to request that; all local authorities waive the fees for family grave plots where a baby will be buried, that the Department should instruct all local authorities to waive the fees for planning permission for headstones where a baby will be buried and that a Children's Funeral Fund be established in Ireland.

That Kildare County Council requests that the Minister undertakes the following: That the stillbirth register and stillbirth certification be removed and be replaced with a birth certificate and death certificate for babies who are stillborn, so that babies who are stillborn can be registered on the birth and death register and can receive the same state records of their existence as everyone else. Parents whose babies who are currently listed on the stillbirth register should be given the opportunity to have their babies placed on the birth and death register and to receive a birth and death certificate for their babies.

12.3

That Meath County Council engages with Facebook about the proliferation of bogus waste collectors advertising on the platform, with a view to ensuring that such advertisements must in future contain a permit number, be reportable by members of the public and should be removed by Facebook where illegal services are being offered. The Council commends on-going efforts by legitimate waste collectors and members of the public to address this issue and will continue to support and complement these efforts, where possible. Further, given the nationwide impact of this issue, that Meath County Council shares this campaign with all other local authorities, as appropriate.

That Meath County Council calls on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to conclude the baseline review of local authority funding models and act on its recommendation and include the findings as part of his Department's submission to the 2021 Budget discussions soon to commence.

That Meath County Councillors call on the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, to immediately fund the LPT Equalisation Fund from the Central Exchequer and leave the 20% that is currently withheld from Local Authorities in the areas where the LPT is generated. 12.4

For Sligo County Council to write to the relevant Ministers to address the issue of extending the timescale and conditions of employment of Tús and CE participants on various employment schemes. These participants are greatly contributing to their local communities and helping out in so many ways, and are also benefiting socially from these schemes. However after a certain period of time they must leave the scheme and cannot avail of it again until another period of time has passed. This is unsatisfactory for many participants and also for the sponsor groups in the committees where they work.

12.5

At the September meeting of Louth County Council it was agreed that the Cathaoirleach should write to the Minister to request that central government funding be made available to local authorities to make up financial shortfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

12.6

That this Council calls on Debenhams to grant their former Debenhams employees an additional two weeks redundancy payment, in addition to the statutory two weeks' payment, in recognition of the years of loyal service they have given to the company.

Votes of Sympathy / Congratulations 13.1 Expressions of votes of sympathy/congratulations

AOB 14.1 Any other business appropriate to a meeting of Tipperary County Council arising with the permission of the Cathaoirleach.

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