Agenda
Venue: Council Chamber - County Hall, Swords
Contact: Aoife Sheridan
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QUESTIONS |
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“To ask the Chief Executive to outline whether the Ombudsman Local Authority’s Complaint Handling Policy and Procedure is in place and is being implemented?” |
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Councillor J. Hopkins - Large Scale Community Projects "To ask the Chief Executive to describe the steps involved in deciding to prioritise and realise large scale community projects and infrastructure projects undertaken by Fingal County Council, for example: Cultural Quarter Swords, Malahide Library Extension, New Street Malahide Pedestrianisation, Skerries Cycling Scheme?”
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Councillor M. McCamley - Criteria to Pitch-Up a Circus in an Area "To ask the Chief Executive to outline the criteria for a circus to pitch up in an area and is a licence required?” |
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Councillor B. Ryan - Areas of Responsibility - Infrastructure and Transport Department “To ask the Chief Executive to provide a list of the areas of responsibility for the Infrastructure and Transport Department?” |
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Councillor B. Ryan - Planning Appeals to An Coimisiún Pleanála “To ask the Chief Executive to indicate the number of planning appeals made to An Coimisiún Pleanála related to planning decisions made by the Council and the number of those that were overturned by An Coimisiún Pleanála from the beginning of 2026 to date?” |
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Councillor L. Corkery - Methods of Removing Weeds in Housing Estates "To ask the Chief Executive to outline the Operations Department's methods of removing weeds in housing estates throughout the county, and whether an effective alternative to chemical herbicides has been identified based on best practice in other jurisdictions?" |
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Councillor J. Smyth - "Before We Die" Campaign - Social Housing Application Process "To ask the Chief Executive, alongside the Director of Housing, the Access Officer and relevant others, if consideration can be given to meet with representatives of the “Before We Die” Campaign to examine the current Social Housing Application process within this Council and review changes that may be necessary or consider reasonable adjustments?” |
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Councillor E. Troy - Public Warning of Contaminated Waterways "To ask the Chief Executive, when there are fish kills in Fingal, are the public warned of contaminated dangerous water at the infected site in order to protect the welfare of people and animals?” |
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“To ask the Chief Executive to detail any action taken to develop a Dunsink Joint Committee between Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council following the passing of a motion seeking such a committee at a recent meeting of Dublin City Council?” |
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“To ask the Chief Executive to set out the procedures, policies and criteria applied by the Executive when an event proposed or scheduled to take place on Council-owned property, including Council property operated or managed by a third party, is refused, cancelled or terminated; to identify the statutory, contractual or other authority under which such a decision may be made; to clarify who is authorised to make such a decision, including whether that authority may be delegated to a Council official, venue operator or third-party manager; and to outline what process, if any, exists for notifying the event organiser of the reasons for the decision and for seeking a review or appeal of that decision?” |
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Quarterly Chairpersons' Reports of the Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) Meetings Additional documents: |
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Report of Corporate Policy Group (CPG) Meeting held on Monday 5th October 2026 |
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Report of Corporate Policy Group (CPG) Meeting held on Thursday 8th October 2026 |
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Additional documents: |
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Draft Casual Trading Bye-Laws 2026 |
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Additional documents:
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Letter dated 5th October 2026 from Cavan County Council Re - Betting in Licensed Premises |
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MOTIONS STATUTORY FUNCTIONS |
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Councillor JK Onwumereh - Planning Applications on Zoned Sites “In view of the current housing crisis and the need to build on zoned sites across the county, that the Chief Executive engage with developers, whose original planning permission has expired without the intended development taking place, to now resubmit planning applications for the development of such sites.”
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Councillor P. Quinlan - Public Consultations “That Fingal County Council ensure all public consultations are not exclusively or primarily geared towards online engagement, any member of the public who requests physical information, documents, or materials relating to a Fingal County Council public engagement campaign must be provided with them free of charge and without delay.”
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Councillor E. Troy - Proportionality and Advertising in Public Consultation “That the Chief Executive directs the Planning and Development Department to review the Council's public consultation guidelines, moving away from uniform timelines towards a tiered, dynamic framework where the length of a consultation is scaled strictly by the size, complexity and projected housing impact of the plan.” |
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Councillor M. McCamley - "Human Creativity First" Approach “That the Chief Executive adopts a “Human Creativity First” approach, committing to prioritising artists, designers, photographers, writers and creative professionals above AI-generated content in local authorities’ communications, campaigns, publications and creative projects.” |
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Councillor C. Haughey - Road Works Licence Applications “That the Chief Executive examines if a system could be put in place to impose penalties for applicants that apply for road works licence applications in the Fingal area, if they do not reinstate the road to its original condition afterwards.” |
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Councillor T. O'Leary - CCTV Security Cameras in Fingal “That the Chief Executive liaise with Meath County Council to bring forward a scheme for CCTV cameras in Fingal in relation to funding options being explored with Government to implement CCTV cameras at appropriate locations in Fingal in collaboration with the Gardaí who would welcome CCTV, noting Meath County Council have been approved by the Garda Commissioner for 187 CCTV cameras in Navan town, Meath County Council are acting as Data Controller with the Gardaí connected to the system.”
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Councillor B. Hanaphy - Review of Tree Strategy “That the Chief Executive review the Tree Strategy to determine whether it can be amended in certain circumstances to help manage public safety concerns.” |
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Councillor E. Dockrell - Review of Allocation and Prioritisation Housing Schemes “That the Chief Executive review the allocation and prioritisation arrangements currently applied to Affordable Purchase, Cost Rental and other Affordable Housing schemes delivered or facilitated by Fingal County Council, and prepare a report for Elected Members on the feasibility of providing for a more localised residency condition for local-priority allocations, along with a randomised allocation process for an appropriate proportion of homes, whereby eligible and qualifying applicants who apply within the designated application period would be entered into a lottery/random draw.” |
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Councillor J. Humphreys - European Commission's EU-Wide Loneliness Survey “That, noting the findings of the European Commission’s EU-wide Loneliness Survey, which found Ireland had the highest reported level of loneliness in the EU, with more than one in five people saying they felt lonely most or all of the time, that the Chief Executive prepares a report on what Fingal County Council is currently doing to help tackle loneliness and social isolation, the report should bring together the work already being done across Community Development, Libraries, Sports, Arts and Culture, Parks and Open Spaces, Age Friendly and any other relevant areas of the Council, it should also look at whether better co-ordination, better signposting or small changes to existing services and programmes could help people connect more with others, including possible links with Social Prescribing and other referral services, and that the report be presented to the Community Development SPC within 6 months so that Members can look at what is already being done, identify any gaps and consider what further practical steps could be taken.” |
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MOTIONS NON-STATUTORY FUNCTIONS |
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Councillor C. Boland - Provision of Additional School Bus Connections |
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Councillor B. McDonagh - No-Fault Eviction Ban |
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Councillor G. Sheehan - Protection of Ireland's Triple Lock |
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Councillor D. Mulligan - Inclusion of Socio-Economic Disadvantage |
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Councillor A. Donnelly - Citizens' Assembly on Irish Unity “That this Council recognises that the reunification of Ireland is an objective of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and there is a growing national discussion around constitutional change with people from diverse backgrounds now exploring the possibility of Irish unity and that this Council writes to the Office of An Taoiseach, seeking the Irish Government to plan and prepare for the provision to hold binding referendums on Irish unity, through the following actions: - establish an all-island representative Citizens' Assembly or Assemblies, to allow for informed debate, and establish a Joint Oireachtas Committee on Irish Unity to enable careful planning; produce and publish a plan towards Irish unity in conjunction with civic society and key stakeholders; engage with Northern Ireland citizens opinion about the future of Ireland; and work to secure a date for the referendums on unity provided for in the Good Friday Agreement.” |
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Councillor J. Smyth - The Right to be Educated through the Medium of Irish |
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Councillor D.J. Kelly - Creating a Curriculum in Schools to Educate Children on Anti-Social Behaviour Prevention |
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Councillor M. Quinn - EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) |
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Councillor G. Maguire - Axe The Universal Social Charge |
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Councillor P. Mulville - Ukraine Civil Society Forum |
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Councillor A. Tormey - Extend Tax Relief for Health Expenses to include Veterinary Care |
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Councillor L. Corkery - School Transport in Fingal “That the Chief Executive writes to the Minister for Education and Youth to highlight the urgent need for significant improvements to the School Transport Scheme in Fingal, in light of a significant number of pupils across a range of schools being unable to secure school transport tickets for the new school year, and to seek assurances that sufficient capacity will be provided to meet the needs of pupils and families across the county.” |
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