Cllr. Paddy McCartan SPRING 2008 Newsletter

PADDY MC CARTAN TAKES COUNCIL SEAT After the election of Lucinda Creighton to Dáil Éireann Paddy Mc Cartan took the seat on City Council representing the Pembroke electoral area. Paddy was born INSIDE GUIDE and educated in Ballsbridge and he has spent his working life as an Optician in GBallsbridge residents Baggot St. and Ringsend. He has been an active member of since the ignored by planners eighties when Garret FitzGerald was GLocal T.D.s on the Taoiseach. Paddy is committed to representing the best interests of his incinerator constituents in Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, GBord Pleanala rejects Merrion, Milltown, Nutley and Donnybrook development and he also serves Ringsend and Irishtown. Paddy’s Constituency Office is GLuas access at Milltown located at 12 Thorncastle St. Dublin 4. must be resolved GOfficial handover of 20 apartments to Royal FINE GAEL COMMITTED TO SOCIAL & Hospital Donnybrook AFFORDABLE HOUSING GNew seating on causeway Fine Gael is totally committed to the provision of social and affordable housing at Irishtown in Dublin South East and Paddy Mc Cartan takes issue with the present GEligible to vote at Lisbon situation where a developer can either buy his way out of his obligations or provide a site far removed from the proposed development as can be done Treaty Referendum? under this Fianna Fáil, Green, P D Government. GAnd lots of local news! In relation to a controversial site in Church Avenue Sandymount D4, owned by Sean Dunne, Cllr McCartan wishes to put it on the record that NOT ONE COUNCILLOR spoke in favour of the proposed development at the S.E A committee meeting held on 11th February last. The committee comprising of Join Paddy and Fine Gael Fine Gael, Fianna Fail ,Sinn Fein and Labour voted to reject the planning Today!.. Cllr. Paddy McCartan is application. working closely on your behalf "The fact that I objected to this had nothing to do with it being supposedly with Lucinda Creighton T.D. for social and affordable housing but because the site is fundamentally unsuited to a development of this scale". CONTACT DETAILS Cllr. Paddy McCartan 12 Thorncastle Street, Dublin 4. Tel: 660 9202, Fax: 661 0121 Mobile: 087 915 6906 Email: [email protected]

Cllr. Paddy McCartan representing the Pembroke Electoral Area: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Merrion, Milltown, Nutley, Sandymount LUAS ACCESS AT MILLTOWN MUST BE RESOLVED Public access to the LUAS line at the Mount St. Anne’s Development, Milltown is yet to be resolved. Presently LUAS access is only available to the residents of that WHICH LOCAL T.D. IS QUOTED development with access denied to the residents of the ON THE INCINERATOR HERE? surrounding roads. “Council’s legal advice is that the original condition Which Deputy is Cllr McCartan quoting here, when he said, which stated that access ‘shall be in accordance with before the last general election “I make the strongest the requirements of the Planning Authority’ is not possible statement of my total opposition to an incinerator sufficiently precise to be enforceable in law” says Cllr. in Poolbeg. It is my view and the view of my party that this Mc Cartan. proposal will set back progress on sustainable waste Cllr. McCartan together with other city councillors management in Ireland by decades. It will damage the will endeavour to resolve this longstanding difficulty. health and amenity of local communities and it will benefit only those private companies who are associated with it”. You might be surprised to learn that it was none other than BALLSBRIDGE RESIDENTS Deputy , now the relevant Government Minister and the one person with the power but it would IGNORED BY PLANNERS appear not the will to prevent the building of this Council Planners ignored City Council’s own guidelines in incinerator. He should use his power under section 24C of granting planning permission for the 15 storey development the Waste Management Act 1996 to do this, just as he on the former Veterinary College site says Cllr. Paddy Mc requested the last Minister when he was in opposition. Cartan. Dublin City Councillors last July voted against the When Mr Gormley was in opposition, he was passionate Draft Local Area Plan for Ballsbridge, which would have and powerless to stop the incinerator being built. Now in allowed for some high-rise in the area. However, despite the power and as Minister for the Environment, he has reneged clear objections of residents in Ballsbridge and local on his commitments and he has put the health and welfare Councillors, their wishes have now been ignored. of his constituents in Sandymount, Ringsend, Irishtown and The City Manager is on record as saying that “the Council beyond secondary to his personal ambitions. is not planning a Manhattan in Dublin”. He has also stated With regard to political expedience, the Minister might that higher buildings would be appropriate in 1. The well quote Groucho Marx “Those are my principles and if you Docklands 2. the area around Heuston Station and 3. the don’t like them I’ve got others.” area surrounding the former Psychiatric Hospital in Grangegorman. Ballsbridge was not included included. With regard to high-rise, the views of the community could be best summed up in the words of Brian Murphy,Chairman of Ailesbury Park Residents Association,when he said “The proposed structures in terms of height , materials and density are inappropriate in such a residential area”. As someone whose grandparents and parents lived on Wellington Rd, Anglesea Rd and Serpentine Ave, Paddy Mc Cartan’s fears for the destruction of the fabric of Ballsbridge cannot be over emphasized. “I will use what power I have to bring together all the participants involved ie. The developers, City Councillors, planners and local residents On a recent visit to Cambridge Court Ringsend, Paddy and Lucinda met with with the objective of reconstituting a new Local Area Plan some of the residents. for Ballsbridge” says Cllr. Mc Cartan.

Cllr. Paddy McCartan representing the Pembroke Electoral Area: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Merrion, Milltown, Nutley, Sandymount OFFICIAL HANDOVER OF TWENTY APARTMENTS TO ROYAL HOSPITAL DONNYBROOK Cllr Paddy Mc Cartan is an active board member of the in Ireland or Britain. It was established in1743 and Royal Hospital Donnybrook and is pictured below with provides rehabilitation, complex extended care and some of the patients and staff at the recent reception respite services to older people and to adults with to mark the official handover by - physical and neuro-disability in 200 in-patient beds. It under the Social Housing Legislation Provisions - of 20 also operates a 25-place day hospital. A further apartments at Bloomfield Avenue Donnybrook to the development is the locating of a Multi Disciplinary RHD Voluntary Association. The Royal Hospital Primary Care Team offering services to local people in Donnybrook is the oldest voluntary hospital of its kind their own homes.

Front (left - right): John Mc Fadden, Roisín Gaffney, Gerard Smyth. Back Back (left -right): Elaine Foley CNM2, Cllr. Paddy Mc Cartan, Finola Gallagher (left - right): Cllr. Paddy Mc Cartan, Veemer Danalutchmee Chellamootoo, OT, Ailish Mc Caffrey OT. Front: John Mc Fadden. Robin Simpson, Chair of the Voluntary Housing Association.

BORD PLEANALA REJECTS PADDY SECURES NEW SEATING DONNYBROOK DEVELOPMENT ON CAUSEWAY AT IRISHTOWN Cllr Paddy McCartan welcomes Bord Pleanala’s decision to overturn planning permission granted by Dublin City Council for a 6 storey office block on the former Bizquip site in Donnybrook. “This development would Pictured [l-r] constitute an incongruous and jarring element to the are a delighted Leo area and would be out of scale and out of character Hitchcock, with adjoining properties in the surrounding area.” says Jimmy Nolan Paddy Mc Cartan. “Local residents there can rest and their dogs chatting with assured that I will continue to do all in my power to Cllr. Paddy ensure that Ballsbridge is not turned into Manhattan”. McCartan.

Cllr. Paddy McCartan representing the Pembroke Electoral Area: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Merrion, Milltown, Nutley, Sandymount PADDY LOOKS AFTER YOUR LOCAL ISSUES

As a result of representations made by Cllr. Mc Cartan in respect of the Pembroke area - A new Community Garda has been assigned to Sandymount Village - New Pedestrian Crossings at Anglesea Road and Herbert Park have been constructed. - Cllr. Mc Cartan also welcome the review regarding the timing of the Pedestrian Lights on the crossings at the junction of Sandymount Green and Gilford Road - Damaged Street Nameplates in the Pembroke area will be replaced in the coming weeks - Graffiti will be removed at Victoria Avenue Entrance, Donnybrook - New larger Litter Bins are being installed throughout the area - Replacement Lights in Ringsend Park are currently being installed - Heap of stones and rubble deposited in the car park opposite Milltown Church have been removed by the Following a series of robberies on business premises in Sandymount, Parks Division Cllr. Paddy McCartan requested more Garda presence in the village. A - Overgrown trees are being pruned near Clarke’s pub, Community Garda now patrols the area and this has led to a much Irishtown Road and at Seafort Gardens, Sandymount improved feeling of security in Sandymount. Paddy is pictured here with - New tree planting will be considered where requested a new Garda to the area, Garda Anthony Moran. - Cllr. Mc Cartan has also raised the serious health concerns of constituents by persistent offenders who allow their If I can be of help in relation to any local issues, please dogs to foul our open spaces and foothpaths. The Draft don’t hesitate to contact me at my Constituency Office Litter Management Plan proposes that known dog litter at 12 Thorncastle Street, Dublin 4. Tel: 660 9202, areas will be targeted using covert means for Fax: 661 0121, Mobile: 087 915 6906, Email: identification and ultimate prosecution. [email protected] ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT LISBON TREATY REFERENDUM? In order to be able to vote at an election or referendum, a democratic. Ratification would cut bureaucracy, speed up person’s name must be entered on the register of electors decision-making and make the European Union more for the locality in which the elector ordinarily resides. The responsive to its citizens. It would also make the EU more register comes into force on the 15th February and is used answerable to the . FG will run a vigorous at each election and referendum in the succeeding 12 campaign in favour of the treaty demonstrating our months. You can now check if you are on the Register of commitment to Europe. Electors by going to the website www.checktheregister.ie Public Meetings will be held and Cllr McCartan together Cllr Paddy McCartan strongly supports ratification of the with Lucinda Creighton TD, who is the Fine Gael Lisbon Reform Treaty. The purpose of the treaty is to spokesperson on European Affairs look forward to meeting make EU institutions more efficient, effective and you and debating the issues involved.

Cllr. Paddy McCartan is working closely on your behalf with Lucinda Creighton T.D. Lucinda Creighton T.D. contact details: Tel: (01) 618 3527; Email: [email protected] Web: www.lucindacreighton.ie

Cllr. Paddy McCartan representing the Pembroke Electoral Area: Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Merrion, Milltown, Nutley, Sandymount