A presentation was given by Oliver Hunt, Head of Finance and the Executive Management Team.

During the course of discussion, Councillor D. Healy submitted the following motions:

1. That this Council recommends that the capital programme line for the Kinsealy- Portmarnock Greenway continue subsequent to 2023 with a total expenditure of €12 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants and levies.

2.  That this Council recommends that the capital programme line for the Kinsealy Lane upgrade continue subsequent to 2023 with a total expenditure of €4 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants and levies.

3.  That this Council recommends that a capital programme line be included for the Kinsealy- Kettles Lane Greenway with a total expenditure of €9 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants and levies.

4. That this Council recommends that a capital programme line be included for the architectural competition for the Balscadden Beach access, with the expenditure of €50,000 from grants (i.e. the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme grant already awarded to the Council.)

Following further discussion, item no. 4 was withdrawn.

Following discussion, it was proposed by Councillor. D. Healy and seconded by Councillor. K. Power that –

“That this Council recommends that the capital programme line for the Kinsealy- Portmarnock Greenway continue subsequent to 2023 with a total expenditure of €12 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants and levies.”

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

FOR:             15        FIFTEEN

AGAINST:    19        NINETEEN

FOR: Councillors Hopkins, Joan; Mulville, Paul; Mulligan, Dean; Whooley, Daniel; Carey, Ian; Power, Karen; O’Brien, Eoghan; Walsh, John; Tormey, Aoibhinn; O’Leary, Tom; Lavin, Anthony; Guerin, Jimmy; Healy, David; McDonagh, Brian; Humphries, James.

AGAINST: Councillors Mahony, Howard; Donnelly, Angela; Hanaphy, Breda; Graves, Ann; Tracey, Natalie; Maguire, Grainne; Murphy, Tony, Kitt, Tom; Ó’Rodaigh, Séana; McCamley, Mary; Shovlin, Siobhan; Newman, Joe; Boland, Cathal; Henchy, Adrian; Butler, Darragh; Onwumereh, JK; O’Donoghue, Robert; Dennison, Kieran; Rane, Punam

The Mayor then declared the motion LOST.

Following discussion, it was then proposed by Councillor D. Healy, seconded by Councillor. K. Power and AGREED to amend motions 2 and 3 as follows –

Delete the words “and levies”.

The resultant amended motions will then read:

“That this Council recommends that the capital programme line for the Kinsealy Lane upgrade continue subsequent to 2023 with a total expenditure of €4 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants.”

“That this Council recommends that a capital programme line be included for the Kinsealy- Kettles Lane Greenway with a total expenditure of €9 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants.”

The amended motion was then proposed by Councillor D. Healy and seconded by Councillor K. Power as follows;

“That this Council recommends that the capital programme line for the Kinsealy Lane upgrade continue subsequent to 2023 with a total expenditure of €4 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants.”

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

FOR:             20        TWENTY

AGAINST:    14        FOURTEEN

FOR: Councillors Hopkins, Joan; Mulville, Paul; Mulligan, Dean; Whooley, Daniel; Carey, Ian; Power, Karen; O’Brien, Eoghan; Tormey, Aoibhinn; O’Leary, Tom; Lavin, Anthony; Guerin, Jimmy; Healy, David; McDonagh, Brian; Humphries, James; Donnelly, Angela; Newman, Joe; Henchy, Adrian; Butler, Darragh; O’Donoghue, Robert; Rane, Punam.

AGAINST: Councillors Mahony, Howard; Hanaphy, Breda; Graves, Ann; Tracey, Natalie; Maguire, Grainne; Murphy, Tony, Kitt, Tom; Ó’Rodaigh, Séana; Walsh, John; McCamley, Mary; Shovlin, Siobhan; Boland, Cathal; Onwumereh, JK; Dennison, Kieran.

The Mayor then declared the motion PASSED.

The third motion, as amended, was then proposed by Councillor D. Healy and seconded by Councillor B. McDonagh.

“That this Council recommends that a capital programme line be included for the Kinsealy- Kettles Lane Greenway with a total expenditure of €9 million (based on the Feasibility Study already carried out) with funding to be from grants.”

Following further discussion, the motion, as amended, was PASSED.

The Capital Programme was then NOTED.