The Mayor, Councillor T. O’Leary, at the start of the meeting, reminded Members that Standing Orders would apply to all aspects of the meeting.

The Mayor, informed the members an emergency motion had been received and has been ruled out of order.

Minutes of the County Council Meeting held on Monday 10^th November 2025 which had been circulated were considered. 

It was PROPOSED by Councillor K. Dennison, seconded by Councillor M. McCamley and RESOLVED –

“That the minutes of the County Council Meeting held on Monday 10^th November 2025 be ADOPTED.”

Minutes of the Annual Budget Meeting held on Tuesday 18th November 2025 which had been circulated were considered. 

It was PROPOSED by Councillor B. McDonagh, seconded by Councillor E. O’Brien and RESOLVED –

“That the minutes of the Annual Budget Meeting held on Tuesday 18th November 2025 be ADOPTED.”

The attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.

It was proposed by Councillor A. Tormey and seconded by Councillor L. Corkery and AGREED:

“That Councillor Tom O’Leary be appointed as a member of the Innovate Fingal Board”.

It was proposed by Councillor G. Maguire and seconded by Councillor T. O’Leary and AGREED:

“That Councillor Tony Murphy be appointed as a member of the Local Advisory Committee at BEAT”.

It was proposed by Councillor T. Murphy and seconded by Councillor J. Newman and AGREED:

“That Councillor Darren Jack Kelly be appointed as a member of the Local Advisory Committee at BEAT”.

It was proposed by Councillor E. Carbon-Mangan and seconded by Councillor E. O’Brien and AGREED:

“That Councillor Tom Kitt be appointed as a member of the Local Advisory Committee at BASE”.

It was proposed by Councillor A. Donnelly and seconded by Councillor M. McCamley and AGREED:

“That Councillor Breda Hanaphy be appointed as a member of the Local Advisory Committee at BASE”.

It was proposed by Councillor J. Walsh and seconded by Councillor A. Tormey and AGREED:

“That Councillor B. McDonagh be appointed as a member of the Local Advisory Committee at DRINEN”.

It was proposed by Councillor E. O’Brien and seconded by Councillor C. Haughey and AGREED:

“That Councillor J. Hopkins be appointed as a member of the Local Advisory Committee at DRINEN”.

The attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.

It was proposed by Councillor G. Maguire and seconded by Councillor E. O’Brien and AGREED:

“That Councillor Tony Murphy be appointed as a member of the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor (DBEC) Political Advisory Board.”

The attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.

It was proposed by Councillor J. Guerin and seconded by Councillor T. Murphy and AGREED:

“That Councillor Cathal Boland be appointed as a member of the Airport Regions Council (ARC).”

It was proposed by Councillor K. Denison, seconded by Councillor J. Walsh and RESOLVED:

“That in accordance with Standing Order No. 51, Questions numbered 3 to 12 be ADOPTED.”

The report by the Chief Executive, which had been circulated, was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor K. Dennison, seconded by Councillor D. Mulligan, and RESOLVED:

“That the recommendations contained in the report of Committee of Organisation, Procedures and Finance Committee (OP&F) Meeting held on Monday 10^th November 2025, are hereby ADOPTED.”

The report by the Chief Executive, which had been circulated, was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary, seconded by Councillor J. Newman, and RESOLVED:

“That the recommendations contained in the report of Committee of Balbriggan/Rush-Lusk/Swords Area Committee Meeting held on Thursday 13^th November 2025, are hereby ADOPTED.”

The report by the Chief Executive, which had been circulated, was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary, seconded by Councillor K. Dennison, and RESOLVED:

“That the recommendations contained in the report of Committee of Corporate Policy Group (CPG) Meeting held on Monday 17^th November 2025, are hereby ADOPTED.”

The report by the Chief Executive, which had been circulated, was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor JK. Onwumereh, seconded by Councillor J. Walsh, and RESOLVED:

“That the recommendations contained in the report of Committee of Blanchardstown-Mulhuddart/Castleknock/Ongar Services B Area Committee Meeting held on Thursday 4^th December 2025, are hereby ADOPTED.”

The report by the Chief Executive, which had been circulated, was CONSIDERED and the report was NOTED.

he attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.   It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary and seconded by Councillor M. Quinn and RESOLVED:

“That lands to the rear of Skerries Community Centre, Thomas Hand Street, Skerries, Co. Dublin, as referred to in the Notice under S183 of the Local Government Act 2001 as amended and dated 30^th October 2025, be disposed of to Gas Networks Ireland, P.O. Box 51, Gasworks Road, Cork in accordance with the terms specified therein.”

The attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.   It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary and seconded by Councillor G. Maguire and RESOLVED:

“That lands to the rear of Clonard Road, Flemington, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, as referred to in the Notice under S183 of the Local Government Act 2001 as amended and dated 30^th October 2025, be disposed of to Phoenix Tower Ireland III Limited, Suite 311, Q House, Furze Road, Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin 18 in accordance with the terms specified therein.”

The attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.   It was proposed by Councillor L. Corkery and seconded by Councillor J. Smyth and RESOLVED:

“That lands to the rear of Balheary Road, Swords, Co. Dublin, as referred to in the Notice under S183 of the Local Government Act 2001 as amended and dated 30^th October 2025, be disposed of to Swords Celtic Football Club, Balheary Road, Swords, Co. Dublin in accordance with the terms specified therein.”

The report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED. It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary and seconded by Councillor J. Newman and RESOLVED:

“That the Fee Simple Interest referred to in the attached report be disposed of in accordance with the terms specified therein.”

The report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor A. Tormey, seconded by C. Haughey, and RESOLVED:

 “That the roads referred to in the attached report be, and are hereby declared to be, public roads.”

The report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor C. Haughey, seconded by Councillor A. Tormey, and RESOLVED:

 “That the roads referred to in the attached report be, and are hereby declared to be, public roads.”

The report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor M. McCamley, seconded by Councillor J. Walsh, and RESOLVED:

 “That the roads referred to in the attached report be, and are hereby declared to be, public roads.”

The report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.  A presentation was given to the Members by Brian Murray, Senior Executive Officer, Planning & Strategic Infrastructure Department.

During the course of the discussion, the Mayor informed the members a number of motions were submitted. 

The following motion, was proposed by Councillor D. Healy and seconded by Councillor B. McDonagh:

“That the Scheme be amended to provide a rate of €120.50 per square meter for both residential and non-residential development.”

SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS

It was AGREED to take a 3minute recess.

The Mayor then instructed that a roll call vote be taken and on a division the voting resulted as follows:

FOR:               16       SIXTEEN

AGAINST:     18        EIGHTEEN

ABSTAIN:      1          ONE

FOR: Councillors Mark Boland, John Burtchaell, Angela Donnelly, Breda Hanaphy, David Healy, Joan Hopkins, James Humphreys, Mary McCamley, Brian McDonagh, Dean Mulligan, Malachy Quinn, Helen Redwood, Gerard Sheehan, John Smyth, Ellen Troy, John Walsh.

AGAINST: Councillors Cathal Boland, Darragh Butler, Eimear Carbone-Mangan, Luke Corkery, Kieran Dennison, Eoghan Dockrell, Jimmy Guerin, Cathal Haughey, Darren Jack Kelly, Tom Kitt, Ted Leddy, Grainne Maguire, Tony Murphy, Joe Newman, Tom O'Leary, JK Onwumereh, Siobhan Shovlin, Aoibhinn Tormey.

ABSTAIN: Councillor Patrick Quinlan.

The Mayor then declared the motion FELL.

The following motion, was proposed by Councillor D. Healy and seconded by Councillor J. Humphreys:

“That the Scheme be amended to remove all exemptions for car parking.”

During the course of the discussion, Councillor D. Healy withdrew the motion.

The following motion, was proposed by Councillor D. Healy and seconded by Councillor J. Walsh:

“That the Scheme be amended to exempt “Communal, social and cultural facilities associated with a housing development.”

SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS

It was AGREED to take a 3minute recess.

The Mayor then instructed that a roll call vote be taken and on a division the voting resulted as follows:

FOR:               16       SIXTEEN

AGAINST:     20        TWENTY

ABSTAIN:      0          ZERO

FOR: Councillors Mark Boland, John Burtchaell, Angela Donnelly, Breda Hanaphy, David Healy, Joan Hopkins, James Humphreys, Corina Johnston, Mary McCamley, Brian McDonagh, Dean Mulligan, Paul Mulville, Malachy Quinn, Helen Redwood, John Smyth, John Walsh.

AGAINST: Councillors Cathal Boland, Darragh Butler, Eimear Carbone-Mangan, Luke Corkery, Kieran Dennison, Eoghan Dockrell, Jimmy Guerin, Cathal Haughey, Darren Jack Kelly, Tom Kitt, Ted Leddy, Grainne Maguire, Tony Murphy, Joe Newman, Tom O'Leary, JK Onwumereh, Gerard Sheehan, Siobhan Shovlin, Aoibhinn Tormey, Ellen Troy.

The Mayor then declared the motion FELL.

The following motion, was proposed by Councillor D. Healy and seconded by Councillor B. McDonagh:

“That the Scheme be amended to index-link contributions from renewable energy developments of over 0.5MW from a 2025 baseline.”

Following discussions, the motion was AGREED.

It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary, seconded by Councillor G. Maguire, and RESOLVED that –

“That the Development Contribution scheme and the report of the Chief Executive with agreed amendments, the Council herby resolves to make the Fingal County Council Section 48 Development Contribution  ...  view the full minutes text for item F/528/25

The report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.  A presentation was given to the Members by Roisin Burke, Senior Planner, Planning & Strategic Infrastructure Department.

Following discussions, the report was NOTED.

The attached report by the Chief Executive which had been circulated was CONSIDERED.  It was proposed by Councillor T. O’Leary, seconded by Councillor G. Maguire and RESOLVED:

“In accordance with Section 134a of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, the Annual Service Delivery Plan 2026 as recommended by the Chief Executive is hereby ADOPTED.”

The report by the Chief Executive, which had been circulated, was CONSIDERED.  Following discussion the report was NOTED.

It was NOTED that there was no business under this item.

It was NOTED that there was no business under this item.

The correspondence, which had been received, was NOTED

The correspondence, which had been received, was NOTED

The correspondence, which had been received, was NOTED

The correspondence, which had been received, was NOTED

The correspondence, which had been received, was NOTED

It was NOTED that there was no business under this item.

It was AGREED to vary the order of business and take item 26 at this time.

The motion, in the name of Councillor P. Quinlan was proposed by Councillor P. Quinlan and seconded by Councillor T. O’Leary.

Following a discussion, the report was ACCEPTED.

The motion, in the name of Councillor D. Butler was proposed by Councillor D. Butler and seconded by Councillor E. Carbone-Mangan.

Following a discussion, the report was ACCEPTED.

It was AGREED to extend the meeting to conclude item 27.

The motion, in the name of Councillor G. Sheehan was proposed by Councillor G. Sheehan and seconded by Councillor E. Troy.

Following a discussion, the motion was AGREED.

The motion, in the name of Councillor H. Redwood was proposed by Councillor H. Redwood and seconded by Councillor D. Mulligan.

The report was ACCEPTED.

The motion, in the name of Councillor J. Hopkins was proposed by Councillor J. Hopkins and seconded by Councillor P. Mulville.

The report was ACCEPTED.