Agendas 2019

Agenda of April Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on Monday, 1st April, 2019


Corporate Services,
County Hall,
Riverside,
Sligo

071 9111111

26th March, 2019

TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

The Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held

ON:  Monday, 1st April, 2019  

AT:  10.00 a.m.

IN:  Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

You are requested to attend.

K. Colreavy
Administrative Officer

 

CLÁR

  1. To confirm Minutes of S.P.C. 1 (Housing and Corporate Services) Meeting held on 3rd December, 2018 (Copy posted on Extranet).
  2. To confirm Minutes of Meetings of Ballymote-Tobercurry Municipal District held on
    1. 21st January, 2019 and
    2. 18th February, 2019
    (Copies posted on Extranet).
  3. To confirm Minutes of Special Meeting of Sligo County Council held on 1st March, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).
  4. To confirm Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council held on 4th March, 2019 (Copy posted on Extranet).
  5. To consider report in relation to commencing the process of taking in charge the estate known as “Innisfree Court”, Tonaphubble, Sligo (Report previously circulated).
  6. To consider report in relation to commencing the process of taking in charge the estate known as “Glendallon Estate”, Sligo (Report previously circulated).
  7. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at Creevykeel, Cliffoney, Co. Sligo to Barry McGuinness (Report previously circulated).
  8. To approve in accordance with Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992, and Regulations thereunder, provision of assistance to Sophia Housing Association Ltd., in the form of Capital Assistance Scheme, Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme, and Communal Facilities, for the project at the Marist Convent, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo (Report previously circulated).
  9. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at 3 Main Street, Gorteen, Co. Sligo to Brendan and Laura Allen (Report previously circulated).
  10. To consider report on recommendations to amend the “Draft Sligo County Council Disability Implementation Plan 2019–2022” following public consultation, and to adopt the Plan as so amended (Reports posted on Extranet). 
  11. To approve allocations under the:
    1. (a)    Community and Voluntary Grants Scheme 2019
    2. (b)   Regional Festivals and Events Grants Scheme 2019
      (Reports posted on Extranet).
  12. Financial Plan – to hear an update.
  13. To note the Monthly Management Report for February 2019 (Report to follow).

 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That this Council will prepare a handbook for new councillors to advise them of their role and responsibility and the resources available to them.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus and Cllr. R. O’Grady:
    “Recognising that the H.S.E. have failed to locate a permanent Cath Lab anywhere north of the Galway-Dublin line, this Council calls on the Minister for Health to outline a timeline for the provision of a Cardiac Catheterisation Lab at Sligo University Hospital to cover the North-West region”. 
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillors M. Clarke, J. Queenan and D. Mulvey:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to set a date in May 2019 to hold a plebiscite of the qualified electors in respect of changing the official name of the non-municipal town of Inishcrone from,
    1. ‘Inishcrone, to ‘Enniscrone’ in English and from
    2. ‘Inis Crabhann’ to ‘Inis Eiscir Abhann’ in Irish
    in light of the fact that the Local Government Act 2019 and all ancillary legislation to hold a plebiscite has now been enacted.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That the chief Executive provide the Council with a report indicating the number of premises in the former Sligo Borough area on which rates were levied in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; the total amount of rates levied on the said premises in each year; the total amount of rates collected in each year; the total amount of rates written off or waived in each year.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council will review and implement any traffic and pedestrian controls to improve road safety at Lidl, Finisklin.  The junction near the Ursuline College, the new store and traffic going to and from the industrial estate is causing traffic problems.”

 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “To ask the Executive how many properties/sites are on the Derelict Sites Register in County Sligo; and further what, if any, finances have been accrued via the Derelict Sites Levy.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That the cycle paths around Sligo town, to Strandhill and Rosses Point are swept of debris after the winter months.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to supply a proper public disabled toilet/ changing facility within town area”. 
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council will support Carrowmore Tombs in its effort to come under UNESCO World Heritage designation in line with Sligo Tourism Strategy.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “I propose that Sligo County Council request the T.I.I. to come before a meeting of this Council so that matters relating to planning applications objections by the T.I.I. on Cul-de-sacs and roads that are not in public charge that are off national roads can be discussed.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    "That Sligo County Council engineering staff undertake repair works to the footpaths at St Anne’s Terrace Sligo as soon as practicable in the interests of Health and Safety."
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    "That Sligo County Council Executive provides members with Sligo County Council's proposals to deal with a scrap car dismantling and disposal operation at Connaughton Road Car Park." 
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. MacSharry:
    “That Sligo County Council call on Minister Richard Bruton to put a plan in place setting out how to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. This plan needs to be reflected in mission statements and integrated across all departments in Government and all local authorities, but especially in planning, transport, agriculture, energy and finance.”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon:
    “Sligo County Council calls on Ministers for Transport and Disability along with Bus Éireann to provide a wheelchair accessible bus from Ballyshannon to Sligo”.
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council writes to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. and Minister for Children Katherine Zappone T.D. to stop the 75 year seal on child abuse and redress board”. 
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon:
    “A new report sets a target for the construction sector to retrofit 25,000 homes by 2025 as part of plans to respond to climate change. Sligo County Council calls on the Department of Finance to reintroduce the Home Renovation Incentive which refunded the tax paid for home improvements works done on your property”.
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That this Council deplores the decision of the Government to impose savage cuts in the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Schemes; and further we call on the Government and the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to reverse the cutbacks and to provide adequate finances to fund the Housing Grants Schemes in County Sligo for the current year.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to work with the residents in Ballynabol, Ballinacarrow and fit drainage grates to bring away rain water from their road”.
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to support the residents in the south Sligo region of Coolaney and surrounding townlands with their appeal to Local Link to provide a daily bus service from Cloonacool via Coolaney to Sligo town and return similar to the successful 977 route.  This south Sligo region has greatly increased in population in the last few years and will see a further population increase with new tourist attractions coming in 2019.  The area needs a daily bus service to Sligo as residents are finding it difficult to attend college and work.

    Following on from my earlier submission to the NTA on this issue and the recent presentation at our special council meeting by Camilla Kelly, Manager, Local Link Sligo Leitrim Roscommon.  As Coolaney and the surrounding region will be the base for the new national mountain biking centre for the north west which is been constructed at present, a daily commuter bus service is vital”.
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Gormley:
    “That the Council expresses its disappointment at the allocation of €1,405,298 provided by the Dept for Grant Schemes for Older People and People with disabilities a reduction of €194 702 on the 2018 allocation and calls on Minister Damien English to immediately increase the allocation to allow the Council to grant aid applications under the Three Headings.”
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor K. Henry:
    “Can I be provided with the total allocation in respect of Housing Adaptations Grants for Older People and People with a Disability for each year from 2010 to most recent allocation? Can the Council confirm if this year’s allocation will allow for the full re-opening of the scheme this year?”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “Recognising the growing concerns within Irish and wider Global society at the accelerated pace of climate change and the detrimental impact it has upon our planet and acknowledging that Ireland was ranked last in the EU in addressing climate change, that this Council calls upon the Government to:
    • Ensures that big polluters pay their fair share of any Carbon Tax, rather than imposing a further burden on low and middle income earners;
    • Prioritises developing offshore wind, hydro, biogas and solar as an important part of our energy mix;
    • Invest substantially in public transport so as to take more domestic and commercial vehicles off the roads.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “On behalf of Aitheantas I am calling on Sligo County Council to write to Minister Zappone’s Department requesting that her Department acknowledges Adoptee Identity Rights and immediately allows Adoptees access to their own information on Health, History and Heritage in line with the equality and personal autonomy rights of other citizens and as voted for in two referenda.”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to raise the level of the road on the R287 to address ongoing concerns with flooding on the long stretch.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “Recognising that the increases in greenhouse gases and global warming is destabilising the world’s climate with disastrous effects; and acknowledging the call by school students for action on Climate Change; this Council requests the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG) the umbrella organisation for Irish Local Authorities, to organise and host a national conference with the sole purpose of assisting Councils nationwide to formulate an integrated response to Climate Change.” 
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Mulvey:
    “I call on Sligo County Council and Tourism Ireland to update the Bréifne welcome signs which are located in prime positions along national and regional roads on the outskirts of Ballymote and have not been updated in 12 years.

    Originally when erected with a massive investment and visionary concept at that time the photographs are urgent need of a new overhaul as many of the photos are cracked and fading.  I have been in contact with the legendary photographer Mike Bunn from Ballyrush who is renowned worldwide for his photographic work and has the copyright on these photographs.  Mike has replacements iconic photographs available to promote this region and is willing to work with Sligo County Council and Tourism Ireland to update these signs.  This company who initiated the idea 12 years ago I understand are no longer in operation and as we approach another tourist season dialogue must begin as to the upgrade of these iconic tourism vantage point signs.”
  22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor Bree, Councillor MacManus and Councillor O’Boyle:
    “Recognising Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestinian lands, its continued building of illegal colonial settlements in violation of international law and its human rights abuses and war crimes as highlighted by the recent U.N. Commission of Inquiry into killings in Gaza;

    Recognising that Israel's hosting of the Eurovision will be openly used for political and militaristic propaganda purposes, including: the provision of free tickets to the Israeli military and serving soldiers; the intention to broadcast features that will attempt to normalise the illegal Israeli settlements; the building of the 'Eurovision Village' on a forcibly depopulated Palestinian area of Jaffa; and plans by the Israeli authorities in illegal settlements to provide free accommodation to Eurovision fans as a means of promoting tourism in these illegal zones.

    Noting the call from Palestinian artists, broadcasters, journalists and civil society groups for an international boycott of the Eurovision 2019 in Israel as a means of indicating solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom.  justice and equality;  Noting the widespread Irish public support for a boycott;

    This Council calls on RTÉ to boycott Eurovision 2019 as long as it is due to take place in Israel.”
  23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “To ask all candidates in the Sligo Drumcliffe Electoral Area to sign up to the Poster Free Campaign to make our area a poster free electoral area, and to support all Tidy Towns and other Voluntary, Community and Environmental Groups who do so much to keep our areas litter free, to lead by example and highlight the need to protect our environment and our children's futures.  Corrugated plastic, commonly known as Corri board is the material of choice for election posters.  Like other single use plastics, they take 400+ years to biodegrade.”
  24. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Kilgannon:
    “To request Sligo County Council Roads Department to erect Dangerous Junction signs on the N16 at the crossroads with local road L3407 from Carncash to Calry.”
  25. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor K. Henry:
    “That Sligo County Council acknowledges and supports the work of the Community Employment Schemes and writes to the relevant government departments to consider keeping the Departmental responsibility for CE schemes within the DEASP; Ring-fencing funding and increasing the materials budget; and solving the pensions matter for scheme supervisors.”
  26. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Lundy:
    “The Community Involvement Scheme (C.I.S.) for public roads is ‘sold out’ in south Sligo.  I will ask the Council to apply to the Department for an extra €500,000 of funding to carry out all the C.I.S. applications on the reserve list at the moment, as the public are very pleased with the quality of work being carried out by the Engineer and Staff of the Area Office in Tubbercurry.”
  27. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor K. Henry:
    “That Sligo County Council would work with local residents to provide a cemetery extension for the people of the Mullinabreena area to the western edge of the present Court Abbey cemetery.”
  28. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady:
    “That Sligo County Council seek an update from Ireland West Airport on the ongoing negotiations regarding the provision of trans-Atlantic flights.”
  29. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady:
    “That Sligo County Council write to the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, outlining the urgent need for capital funding for the provision of a 50 bed Modular Unit at Sligo University Hospital.”
  30. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady:
    “That Sligo County Council assess road markings and signage on roads associated with The Wild Atlantic Way within the county.”
  31. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to address the ongoing concerns of residents regarding speeding of motorists in the Woodbrook Heights estate in Ballisodare.”
  32. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council will ask the Minister to review the Carers Assessment Process.”
  33. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “That Sligo County Council will call on the Government to ensure that the Mental Health Act Amendment is brought forward as soon as possible.”
  34. Votes of Sympathy.
  35. Votes of Congratulations.
  36. Conferences/Training (Copy posted on Extranet).
  37. To note the summary of proceedings of conferences attended in accordance with Section 142(5) (f) of the Local Government Act, 2001.
  38. Correspondence:
    1. Letter dated 25th February, 2019 from the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, T.D. re. resolution concerning the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (I.N.M.O.),
    2. Letter dated 26th February, 2019 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport re. U.S.A. Driving Licences,
    3. Letter dated 26th February, 2019 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport re. proposed new legislation “designed to make our roads safer for all”,
    4. Acknowledgement from the Office of the Deputy Director General – Strategy (H.S.E.) re. H.S.E. Capital Projects,
    5. Acknowledgement dated 27th February, 2019 from Mr. Jim Curran, Head of Estates, H.S.E. re. their Capital Plan for 2019,
    6. Acknowledgement from the Office of the Taoiseach dated 6th March, 2019 re. pay and conditions of service for members of the Defence Forces,
    7. Acknowledgement from the Office of the Minister with responsibility for Defence, Mr. Paul Kehoe, T.D. dated 6th March, 2019 re. pay and conditions of service for members of the Defence Forces,
    8. Letter dated 6th March, 2019 from the Office of Mr. Michael Ring, T.D., Minister for Rural and Community Development re. funding for Class 3 Roads in 2019,
    9. Acknowledgement dated 6th March, 2019 from the Chairman’s Office, Office of Public Works re. new Garda Station for Sligo town,
    10. Letter (received by e-mail on 7th March, 2019) from the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality re. reception system for asylum seekers,
    11. Acknowledgement dated 6th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills re. proposed closure of St. Mary’s College, Ballisodare,
    12. Letter dated 6th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport re. driving test wait times,
    13. Acknowledgement received by e-mail on 8th March, 2019 from the Office of the Chief Officer, H.S.E. Area 1 re. Primary Care Centre in Grange,
    14. Acknowledgement dated 6th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality re. new Garda Station for Sligo town,
    15. Acknowledgement dated 6th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Justice and Equality re. legislation to combat insurance fraud and establish a national claims database,
    16. Letter dated 6th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government concerning income thresholds for social housing support,
    17. Acknowledgement dated 11th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Health re. resolution from December 2018 Meeting concerning the discharge of Patients from Hospital,
    18. Copy of resolution from Limerick County Council re. grant aid scheme for ‘Granny Flat’ extensions for persons on the Housing List,
    19. Copy of resolution from Cork County Council re. Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment)(Climate Emergency Measures) Bill,
    20. Acknowledgement from the Minister for Health, Mr. Simon Harris, T.D. re. exclusion zones around facilities providing abortion services,
    21. Letter dated 15th March, 2019 from Mr. Maurice Buckley, Chairman of the Office of Public Works re. Ballymote Castle,
    22. Copy of resolution, dated 19th March, 2019 from Waterford City and County Council re. Phase 2 development of the National Children’s Hospital,
    23. Acknowledgement received on 25th March, 2019 from the Office of the Minister for Finance re. 23% V.A.T. increase to all vitamin, probiotic and food supplements,
    24. Copy of resolution from Carlow County Council requesting the removal of Band 3 for assessing eligibility, based on income, for Social Housing and
    25. Letter dated 21st March, 2019 from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr. Shane Ross, T.D. regarding the new penalties for unaccompanied learner Drivers.
  39. Matters arising from Minutes.
  40. Any other business.

Meeting Date 01/04/2019