Agendas 2020

Agenda of Adjourned March Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council to be held on Monday, 9th March, 2020 at 10 am


Corporate Services,
County Hall,
Riverside,
Sligo

071 9111111

2nd March, 2020

TO:  THE CATHAOIRLEACH AND EACH MEMBER OF SLIGO COUNTY COUNCIL

The Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council will be held

ON:  Monday,9th March, 2020

AT:  10.00 a.m.

IN:  Council Chamber, County Hall, Riverside, Sligo

You are requested to attend.

K. Colreavy
Meetings Administrator

 

CLÁR

  1. To note Minutes of Cranmore Regeneration Steering Group meetings held on:
    1. 27th September, 2018,
    2. 4th April, 2019 and
    3. 16th July, 2019 (Copies previously circulated).
  2. To note Minutes of Sligo County Council’s Twinning Committee Meeting held on 20th November, 2019 (Copies previously circulated).
  3. To confirm Minutes of Meeting of the Municipal District of Ballymote-Tubbercurry held on 16th December, 2019 (Copies previously circulated). 
  4. To confirm Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of Sligo County Council held on 3rd February, 2020 (Copies previously circulated).
  5. That Sligo County Council, being satisfied of their general public utility, declare the Roads named below to be Public Roads in accordance with Section 11(1) of the Roads Act, 1993.
    Road numbersLocation and Terminal Points
    L-75054-1 The road serving development known as “Waterside Lane Phase II”, Strandhill, Co. Sligo.
    L-77091-4 and L-77091-5 The roads serving development known as “Bru na hAbhainn”, Collooney, Co. Sligo.
    L-92120-0 and L-92120-1 The roads serving development known as “Oak Lawn”, Cornageeha, Sligo.
    (Copies previously circulated).
  6. That Sligo County Council agrees to the making of an Agreement for the carrying out of the Local Authority Public Lighting Energy Efficiency Project as presented to it under Section 85 of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended) with Mayo County Council (Copies previously circulated).
  7. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of a demountable dwelling at Lecarrow, Dromore West, Co. Sligo to Mr. Thomas Dowd (Report previously circulated).
  8. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of land at Tobercurry to the OPW, Jonathan Swift St., Trim, Co. Meath (Report previously circulated).
  9. To consider report in relation to commencing the process of taking in charge the estate known as “Carns Duke”, Cairns Hill, Sligo (Report previously circulated).
  10. To consider in accordance with Section 179, Part XI of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 2000 (as amended) and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended), proposals to construct a Community Centre, Sports and Play Area, Pedestrian Paths, Cycle Ways and landscaping together with all ancillary site works and upgrade public road at Devins Drive, Cranmore, Abbeyquarter South, Sligo. (Report attached).
  11. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at 14 Cois na h’Abhainn, Gurteen, Co. Sligo to Mr. Con Murray (Report previously circulated).
  12. To approve in accordance with Section 183 of the Local Government Act 2001, the disposal of dwellinghouse and lands at Kinnagrelly, Collooney, Co. Sligo to Ms. Mary Quigley (Report previously circulated).
  13. To consider and approve for the Municipal District of Ballymote -Tubbercurry, the Municipal District of Sligo Borough and the Municipal District of Sligo-Drumcliffe the Schedules of Works for 2020 for Roads, Transportation & Infrastructure (Report for each Municipal District and associated maps posted on Extranet)
  14. To note
    1. Creative Ireland Open Call Grants 2020 and
    2. Report of Decade of Centenaries Steering Group
    (Copies previously circulated).
  15. To approve the recommendations of the Assessment Panel under Contributions to the Arts Grant Scheme 2020 (Copies previously circulated).
  16. To approve allocations under the Regional Festival and Participative Events Grants Scheme 2020 (Copies previously circulated).
  17. To formally establish the County Sligo Joint Policing Committee (Copies previously circulated).
  18. To note the Monthly Management Report for January 2020 (Copies previously circulated).

 

DEFERRED MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan:
    “To call on the Minister for Environment to include houses in County Sligo for compensation regarding pyrite defects in their property.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “To call on this Council to set a date for a review of the County Development Plan.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “To ask the Chief Executive what plans the Council has to increase the planting of native tree species on Council property and to ask when the Council intends to develop a comprehensive tree planting programme/strategy.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Walsh:
    “To ask Sligo County Council for an update on proposed Public Lighting Scheme as agreed during budget 2020.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Walsh:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to address ongoing littering and illegal dumping around bottle bank sites in Collooney and Ballintogher and to introduce measures to tackle the same.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That the Council be provided with an up to date report on the proposed pedestrian footbridge to be erected adjacent to Markievicz Bridge; the report to include details of the most recent submission made to the Department seeking funding for the project.”

 

MOTIONS

  1. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady and Councillor T. Fox:
    “That Sligo County Council considers naming an appropriate development after the late Mayor Kay McGoldrick and refers this request to the Place Naming Committee.”
  2. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor R. O’Grady:
    “That Sligo County Council engage with the residents of the Maugheraboy/Ard-na-Veigh/ Lynndale area prior to any development commencing at Maugheraboy due to the concerns of Residents regarding the problems of increased Traffic Flows in the general area.”
  3. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Fox:
    “I call on Sligo County Council for an update report of the progress being made on the N16 Lugatober to Gortnagrelly realignment project.”
  4. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to address the issue of serious coastal erosion which is occurring in Strandhill:
    • To carry out repair works along the path to the beach which have been damaged due to recent winter storms.
    • To address the recent erosion on the Strandhill Peninsula in terms of climate change adaptation.
    • To conduct investigations as to the most effective ways to resolve this problem and
    • To apply for funding for a coastal protection and dune restoration scheme in this area should this be the required solution.
    • To arrange a public awareness and information event with relevant experts in the area and engage with other communities experiencing similar difficulties around the country, to inform and advise the public of the options available to address the issue.”
  5. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “To ask for an update on the Cycling Infrastructure currently being developed in tandem with the road construction projects currently underway in Sligo City and County.”
  6. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “Sligo County Council calls on the Irish Government Departments of Health, Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs to recognise that Parental Alienation is ‘Substantial and sustained dissatisfaction within a caregiver-child relationship associated with significant disturbance in functioning’ as coded by the World Health Organisation in the latest International Classification of Diseases version 11 and to implement recommendation 36 of the Report of the Reform of the Family Law System October 2019.”
  7. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Casserly:
    “To propose that a Food and Drink Strategy be developed for County Sligo.”
  8. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan:
    “To ask the Director of Services to indicate when will applications for ‘Housing Aid for Older People’ be opened?”
  9. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan:
    “To ask the Director of Services to commence the process of including a location at the Pier in Enniscrone re. casual trading.”
  10. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor J. Queenan:
    “To ask the Chief Executive that the forestry charges in the County Development Contribution Scheme are suspended until the introduction of the single consent system overseen by the Departments of
    1. Agriculture, Food and the Marine,
    2. Transport, Tourism and Sport and
    3. Housing, Planning and Local Government.”  
  11. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke, Councillor D. Mulvey and Councillor M. Casserly:
    “That Sligo County Council will facilitate Hill Farmers who need to develop sheep grids on mountain roads, there shall be no cost to the Council, works to be agreed and supervised by the Council’s Local Engineer.”
  12. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “Given that Sligo County Council has ring fenced 20% of the property tax for older people and disability grants, when will the Council start processing the older peoples grants, and will the Council ensure the sufficient staff is made available deal with those applications.”
  13. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor S. Maguire:
    “This Council will write to the Minister for Transport asking that the fee for N.C.T. testing be waived until such time as the centres are in a position to issue certificates.  Further that the Department provide a report as to how the current situation regarding the issue with car lifts is proposed to be addressed and what is the time scale for same given the replacement lifts are being ordered from a company outside the state, how it is proposed to deal with the back log of testing given constraints of staffing and schedules, and what are the proposal for those who have been tested but not received certificates, how will they be accommodated and dealt with given that the test is only valid for a period of time, will they be required to resubmit for a full examination and incur additional fees?”
  14. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Government and the Department of Health, the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, to:
    1. recognise that Parental Alienation is “Substantial and sustained dissatisfaction within a caregiver-child relationship associated with significant disturbance in functioning” as coded by the World Health Organisation in the latest International Classification of Diseases version 11; and
    2. to implement recommendation 36 of the Report of the Reform of the Family Law System, October 2019.”
  15. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “To ask the Chief Executive what action the Council is taking to protect the three-story stone structure, (Ref. No. RPS 300SE) located in Lower Quay Street, Sligo, (which is included in the Councils Record of Protected Structures)”.
  16. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “Recognising that Sligo County Fire Service has over the last number of years had the fastest response times throughout the state and whose personnel have been acknowledged as providing an exceptional service to the citizens of this County;

    Therefore can the Executive explain the decision to diminish the Sligo Town Fire Service in their proposal that the two full-time positions currently vacant in Sligo Fire Brigade not be filled and a third full-time position (currently filled) will be personal to the holder and therefore not filled on the retirement or resignation of the holder and that only the full time Station Officer appointment is maintained. This will have the net effect that retained personnel will no longer be brought in as a matter of course to cover the two existing vacancies as has been custom and practice.

    Further, that this Council views this move as retrograde, expresses concern that the Executive have undermined the position of the retained firefighting personnel and call on the Executive to review this decision in its entirety.”
  17. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “That Sligo County Council calls upon the Department of Health to classify Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) as a long term illness that affects 10-20,000 people across the state. Further, that the Department adopts the diagnostic criteria as stated by the ME/CFS International Consensus Criteria to avoid mis-diagnosis.

    This illness, recognised as a neurological condition by the World Health Organisation, has seen many sufferers face difficulties getting appropriate support and treatments due to the lack of understanding and subsequent mis-diagnosis by many health practitioners. This is further compounded by the minimal recognition the HSE shows for the illness which has the subsequent impact of many sufferers remaining locked out of the social welfare system.”
  18. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to reverse their reported decision that Sligo County Council in conjunction with Sligo Fire Service management do not intend to renew full time fire fighter posts in Sligo Fire Station.  Is this a cost saving measure on behalf of the Sligo County Council?”
  19. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy and Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to write to the Department of Finance, Bank of Ireland and AIB urging that the proposed sale of ATMs by the aforementioned banks does not proceed.”
  20. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor T. Healy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to write to the HSE and ask them what plans are in place to facilitate the growing number of service users and their families that need car parking places at Sligo University Hospital.  In addition to inquire about the provision of a safe set down area specific to E. D.”
  21. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Bree:
    “Noting the proposal of the Council executive not to renew fulltime fire fighter posts in Sligo Fire Station; and further noting that the Sligo Fire Station will be downgraded from a Full Time/Retained Station to a Retained Only Station; this Council expresses its deep unease with the proposal and its potential consequences, and we call on the Council executive to reconsider its proposal and to enter into meaningful negotiations with the trade union representatives of the firefighters.”
  22. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Clarke:
    “Given that the population of Ireland in 1980 was 3.4 million and 40 years on in 2020 the population has grown by 1.5 million to 4.9 million and the greatest achievement of senior state Planners and County Development Plans policies, is decline and the deprivation of rural Ireland, and now in the 2020-2040 plan rural once off house planning will only be granted in exceptional circumstances. This policy will ensure; Schools, Shops, Sport Clubs, Post Offices and our rural cultural-heritage way of life will continue to disappear in Rural Ireland.

    I call on the Executive and Elected Members to create goodwill positive discrimination to revive rural Sligo.”
  23. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to request an update from the HSE in relation to the parking facilities and works to disability access at Gurteen Health Centre.”
  24. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor P. Taylor:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to request an update from the Department and the O.P.W. on the progress of a new Garda Station in Tubbercurry.”
  25. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council calls on the Minister for Health to lower the age of Breast Check eligibility for women from 50 to 21.”
  26. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor C. MacManus:
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the incoming Government to establish an Oireachtas all-party group to bring forward a Green Paper preparing for Irish Unity.”
  27. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Gilroy:
    “To call on Sligo County Council to liaise with Coillte as a matter of urgency to make suitable the access road and Car Park at the highly successful Benbulben walk at Barnaribbon/Gortarowey. The road is currently not fit for purpose and the drainage from the amenity is running down the L7403 and not only damaging that road but also the Homes and private property along the road.

    This road was never suitable for Buses but has several buses meeting along the road during peak season and being unable to pass without damaging adjoining properties. The buses also have nowhere to park and end up obstructing access for other users.”
  28. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Gilroy:
    “That Sligo County Council write to the Minister for Finance and call on him to provide emergency funds for the repair of Primary Secondary and Local Roads following the damage and deterioration due to the excessive Rain and flooding of January and February 2020.”
  29. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor D. Gilroy:
    “To ask Sligo County Council to confirm if any variations to the N4/N15 Rosses Point Road Junction contract have occurred to date and if so what will the cost implications to Sligo County Council be.

    To also ask that any substantial variations, cost overruns or delays be informed to Councillors at the next Council meeting following the occurrence of such Variations, Overruns or Delays.”
  30. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor G. O’Boyle:
    “Sligo County Council defers the local Council rent increases ‘til such a time that Legislation is brought into Government when the decision to raise local rents is given to Elected representatives rather than unelected Officials.”
  31. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Baker:
    “In light of severe flooding in recent weeks that Sligo County Council calls on the O.P.W. to re-visit their prohibition on dredging on sections of the Unshin river and outlet from Lough Corran.”
  32. To consider the following motion as submitted by Councillor M. Baker:
    “That Sligo County Council calls on the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide funding to repair the extensive damage to our local roads by recent flooding.”
  33. Votes of Sympathy.
  34. Votes of Congratulations.
  35. Conferences/Training (Copy attached).
  36. To note the summary of proceedings of conferences attended in accordance with Section 142(5) (f) of the Local Government Act, 2001.
  37. Correspondence:
    1. Letter dated 30th January, 2020 from the Office of the Minister of State (O.P.W.) re. Garda Station in Tubbercurry,
    2. Copy of resolution agreed by Members of Roscommon County Council regarding Personal Assistance Services for disabled people,
    3. Copy of resolution passed by Galway County Council regarding provision of Personal Assistance Services,
    4. Letter dated 31st January, 2020 from the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine re. greyhound sector,
    5. Copy of resolution adopted by the Members of Kerry County Council regarding planning objections,
    6. Acknowledgement dated 5th February, 2020 from the Office of the Taoiseach concerning Legislation re. baiting dogs,
    7. E-mail dated 7th February, 2020 received from the National Transport Authority concerning Sligo town Bus Éireann services,
    8. Acknowledgement from the Office of the Minister for Education and Skills referring correspondence re. Early Years Education to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and
    9. Copy of resolution from Donegal County Council re. costs involved for new water connections.
  38. Matters arising from Minutes.
  39. Any other business.

 


Meeting Date 09/03/2020