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Meath County Council

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  • 17 May 2017 Ratoath carried

    I call on Meath County Council to complete application to request funding from the NTA for pathway and cycle way to Dunboyne AFC, Summerhill Road, Dunboyne from Newtown roundabout.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Damien O’Reilly
    Seconder
    Councillor Maria Murphy
  • 18 May 2017 Laytown-Bettystown deferred

    That Meath County Council demands that the NTA restructure the rail fare system and include Laytown and Gormanston into the Dublin Short Hop Zone so that an equitable rail fare is charged for passengers who are travelling similar distances.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Stephen McKee
    Seconder
    —
  • 18 May 2017 Laytown-Bettystown carried

    I call on Meath County Council to complete landscaping works on the green areas adjacent to Laytown car park and playground, in tandem with the proposed upgrade of the car park.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Sharon Tolan
    Seconder
    Councillor Eimear Ferguson
  • 18 May 2017 Laytown-Bettystown carried

    That the roundabout at Eastham Road be named Triton Roundabout, that the roundabouts on R432 be named Colpe Roundabout (nearest to the shopping centre) and second roundabout be named Kirwan Roundabout.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Tom Kelly
    Seconder
    Councillor Sharon Keogan
  • 18 May 2017 Laytown-Bettystown carried

    That a birds watch platform and information signage be put in place at the Nanny Estuary which is a designated estuary.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Tom Kelly
    Seconder
    Councillor Eimear Ferguson
  • 19 May 2017 Trim carried

    Given the shocking increases in rent in the Trim area this Municipal District calls on the Minister to include Trim in the rent pressure zone as a matter of urgency.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Caroline Lynch
    Seconder
    Councillor Noel French
  • 19 May 2017 Trim carried

    This Municipal District should write to the IDA and request that they detail their plans for encouraging investment in the Trim area.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Caroline Lynch
    Seconder
    Councillor Noel French
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    In the context of funding having been made available to open up lands for development at Farganstown, the review of Meath County Development Plan, the process currently underway to vary the Navan Development Plan and the decision to augment funds for community and recreational development in Johnstown/Athlumney, that Meath County Council will include a zoning for community and recreation facilities on Council owned land at Farganstown/Athlumney within proses Master Plan 12.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Jim Holloway
    Seconder
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    I request that Navan Municipal District write to the NTA to request that a footpath be erected on the R147 N3, along the river Boyne, an area where for six years there has been public lighting, with a view to pedestrian linkage with the roundabout on the M3 at Kilcarne Bridge.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Francis Deane
    Seconder
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    I propose that Navan Municipal District will contemplate the feasibility of engaging a (part-time) park ranger for Blackwater Park, perhaps under a CES scheme or through Meath Partnership, in an effort to promote and compliment the pitches and other existing facilities at our community park.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Francis Deane
    Seconder
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    I propose a motion to discuss the Meath County Council property at Windtown, which comprises of a single storey cottage on an acre, but which has been vacant for almost 10 years.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
    Seconder
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    We call on Meath County Council to introduce Traffic Calming Measures at the junction of the Trim/Navan Road (R161) and the Balreask New/Hanlonstown Road at Teach na Teamrach. The traffic calming measures to consist of a reduced speed “Red Zone” on all approach roads to the junction. The Red Zone to consist of a painted rumble stripped surface for a specified distance on all approach roads.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
    Seconder
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    Can I call on the Executive to construct a pedestrian crossing from the public footpath at the post office to the public footpath at the credit union for public safety.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Wayne Forde
    Seconder
    Councillor Francis Deane
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    Can I call on the Executive to immediately initialise the process of eliminating the alleyway in Ferndale estate between house numbers 142 to 143 for public safety.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Wayne Forde
    Seconder
    Councillor Sinéad Burke
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    Considering the deterioration of the footpaths within "The Grove" at Athlumney, that Meath County Council will provide for the restoration of this infrastructure in the forthcoming Roadworks Programme

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Jim Holloway
    Seconder
    Councillor Francis Deane
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    I call on Navan Municipal District & the Board of the Solstice Centre to erect a bust/plaque to the memory of the late Billy Goonan who was the instigator of the Solstice Arts Centre in Navan.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 24 May 2017 Navan carried

    In order to facilitate easy and safe travel through Blackcastle Estate, that the council install Finger posts signalling (direction to houses 140 to 153) outside house number 140 and house number 30 and also install Stop signs at house no 50 and at no 46.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Sinéad Burke
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 24 May 2017 Navan not recorded

    In order to ensure efficient running of the Municipal District meetings, for councillors and executive to agree Terms of Reference of what is discussed during the "Navan District Report on Operations" segment of the municipal meeting.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Sinéad Burke
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 29 May 2017 carried

    The Councillors resolved to accept the Chief Executive’s report and to place all of the material alterations to Variation No. 1 of the Kells Development Plan 2013-2019 on public display for a 4 week period

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor M. Gallagher
    Seconder
    Councillor E. Cassidy
  • 29 May 2017 carried

    The Councillors resolved to accept the Chief Executive’s report and to place all of the material alterations to Variation No. 2 of the Navan Development Plan 2009-2015 on public display for a 4 week period

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor P. Fitzsimons
    Seconder
    Councillor J. Holloway
  • 29 May 2017 carried

    To agree dates in July to meet consultants in relation to the various Chapters of the County Development Plan 2019-2025.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    —
    Seconder
    —
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    That Meath County Council, Transport infrastructure Ireland & the National Transport Authority collaborate and expedite the implementation of an efficient and sustainable transport management plan for South Meath.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Gillian Toole
    Seconder
    Councillor Maria Murphy
  • 12 June 2017 carried as amended

    That Meath County Council writes to Minister for Housing, Planning Community and Local Government, Simon Coveney, asking him to immediately suspend the Help-to-Buy scheme in light of increasing evidence provided by the newly released CSO figures that indicates the scheme is adding to increases in the price of houses.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Sinead Burke
    Seconder
    Councillor Darren O’ Rourke
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    To call on Meath County Council to liaise with community groups involved with old graveyards in relation to the erection of columbarium walls.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Francis Deane
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 12 June 2017 withdrawn

    That Meath County Council will guarantee a specific amount of funding under the 'Housing Adaptation Grant' for those with Autism Spectrum Disorder where a purpose built sensory room would greatly enhance their quality of life.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Claire O’Driscoll
    Seconder
    Councillor Wayne Harding
  • 12 June 2017 carried as amended

    That the redevelopment of the library at Navan will seek to include measures to deliver more appropriate services to children with autism including the provision of confined spaces with cushions as provided in the library in Dun Laoghaire or a sensory room as provided in Mohill library in Co. Leitrim.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Claire O’Driscoll
    Seconder
    Councillor Wayne Harding
  • 12 June 2017 not carried

    Can I call on the Executive that for future concerts at Slane, that the Council engage with the promoters of the concerts to ask Meath River Rescue to patrol the waters along with the Meath Civil Defence for public safety

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Wayne Forde
    Seconder
    Councillor Tom Kelly
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    This meeting of Meath County Council calls on the Chief Executive to vigorously pursue the Dept. of Housing Planning Community & Local Government and any other relevant agencies to have Meath County Council refunded the full 75% grant for the following roads: R 150, R 154, R 161, R 158, as a sum in excess of €15m. is still outstanding that currently is being met from the Council’s own resources.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Brian Fitzgerald
    Seconder
    Councillor Sharon Keogan
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    We the Kells Municipal District Councillors call on the HSE for additional funding for Meath Alzheimer Society Day Centres as current funding is not sufficient to keep the facility open in the long term.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Johnny Guirke
    Seconder
    Councillor Michael Gallagher
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    The Council calls on the Government, as a matter of urgency, to clearly ask the Chinese Government to lift the ban on Falun Gong and a release of all Falun Gong practitioners from detention in China.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Alan Tobin
    Seconder
    Councillor Claire O’Driscoll
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    Can I call on the Executive to write to the relevant Minister to introduce the new gambling laws / Legislation as soon as possible.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Wayne Forde
    Seconder
    Councillor Tom Kelly
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    That Meath County Council requests the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) and HSE to approve the administering of Translarna to individuals with Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Seán Smith
    Seconder
    Councillor Wayne Harding
  • 12 June 2017 carried as amended

    In light of an alarming increase in both burglary and theft in Meath compared to 2016, I call on this Council to write to the Minister for Justice asking to immediately increase Garda numbers and resources in all 3 divisions in the County (Ashbourne, Navan and Kells) and that if these resources are not forthcoming or available, that the Defence Forces Army Rangers wing is brought in as an additional resource for night time patrol and check point duty.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Alan Tobin
    Seconder
    Councillor Suzanne Jamal
  • 12 June 2017 carried

    That this Council supports the “Stop Targeting Kids” Campaign organised by Irish Heart Foundation and calls on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to protect children’s health through strict controls, particularly on digital marketing, by introducing a comprehensive statutory system of regulation for online unhealthy food and drinks marketing directed at children.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Maria Murphy
    Seconder
    Councillor Gillian Toole
  • 12 June 2017 not recorded

    For Meath County Council to call on the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, to recognise Laytown, Bettystown, Mornington and Donacarney as individual villages for the purpose of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Sharon Tolan
    Seconder
    Councillor Eimear Ferguson
  • 12 June 2017 not recorded

    That Meath County Council calls on the Irish Government to develop a comprehensive White Paper on Irish Unity.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    —
    Seconder
    —
  • 12 June 2017 not recorded

    This Council writes to the Minister for Health calling for the Fair Deal scheme criteria to be changed without delay to facilitate care in people's own homes / Aontaíonn an Chomhairle seo le litir a scríobh chuig an Aire Sláinte ag impí air go n-athródh critéir an Fair Deal scheme gan moill ar mhaithe le cúram daoine ina dtithe féin a h-éascú.

    Meeting type
    council
    Proposer
    Councillor Caroline Lynch
    Seconder
    —
  • 14 June 2017 Ratoath not recorded

    I call on Meath County Council to write to the owner of portfolio MH29697F requesting they clean up this site at the top of the Rooske Road, Dunboyne and also enter negotiations regarding transfer of ownership to Meath County Council for amenity use in Dunboyne.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Damien O'Reilly
    Seconder
    Councillor Maria Murphy
  • 14 June 2017 Navan carried

    That Meath County Council implement a policy of applying for Court Exclusion Orders in cases of anti social behaviour where visitors are the cause or contribute to anti social behaviour causing distress to neighbours and community?

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Joe Reilly
    Seconder
    Councillor Sinéad Burke
  • 14 June 2017 Navan carried

    I call on Navan Municipal District to install traffic calming measures on the entrance road to Townparks Estate.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
    Seconder
    Councillor Wayne Forde
  • 14 June 2017 Navan not recorded

    I call on Navan Municipal District to revert to having full control over policing of parking in the town of Navan following the trial period (controlled by a private company) which is due to end in July 2017.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Francis Deane
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 14 June 2017 Navan carried

    That Navan Municipal District carry out a report in relation to pedestrian access from St Patrick's Terrace to Emmet Terrace, to upgrade ramps on Emmet Terrace, to make safer pedestrian access on the junction at Boreenkeel and to replace the mirror which had been located there for the past seventeen years.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Francis Deane
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 14 June 2017 Navan not recorded

    Can I call on the Executive to seek emergency funding for footpath repairs along Beechmount Avenue and outside numbers 11, 12, 13 and 14 Beechmount Crescent. These footpaths are very dangerous and need to be urgently repaired for public safety as a lot of Senior Citizens use these two footpaths as they are the worst footpaths I've seen in a long time in Navan.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Wayne Forde
    Seconder
    Councillor Padraig Fitzsimons
  • 14 June 2017 Navan carried

    Can I call on the Executive to consider acquisition by way of CPO of the ransom strip, 0.2 acres of land, by Meath County Council to allow the extension of the road, i.e. the R161 at Limekiln Hall, by an additional (0.5 - 1 km approximately), to facilitate the Dublin road entrance to Limekiln Wood, which was agreed as part of planning permission 99/2018 and subsequently granted. Also could the Executive consider the removal of the bollards in the estate, and consider the closure of the temporary Trim road entrance (Phase 2 and Phase 3 ) and the need for the construction of the omitted houses 85 and 86 (Phase 3 ).

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Wayne Forde
    Seconder
    Councillor Tommy Reilly
  • 15 June 2017 Laytown-Bettystown carried

    That Meath County Council demands that the NTA restructure the rail fare system and include Laytown and Gormanston into the Dublin Short Hop Zone so that an equitable rail fare is charged for passengers who are travelling similar distances.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Stephen McKee
    Seconder
    Councillor Wayne Harding
  • 15 June 2017 Laytown-Bettystown not recorded

    That Meath County Council appoint Consultants to design the most suitable bypass route for Julianstown and Duleek and seek approval from TII for same and time frame to carry out these projects.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Tom Kelly
    Seconder
    Councillor Sharon Tolan
  • 15 June 2017 Laytown-Bettystown not recorded

    That an update on progress of Slane bypass be provided.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Tom Kelly
    Seconder
    Councillor Wayne Harding
  • 15 June 2017 Laytown-Bettystown carried

    That Meath County Council provide urgently temporary toilet facilities for the beach area during the summer months of this year.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Sharon Keogan
    Seconder
    Councillor Tom Kelly
  • 16 June 2017 Trim carried as amended

    In view of increasing evidence of anti social behaviour and vandalism in Trim Town, can this Municipal District write to the Educational Welfare officer for the area and express concern at the number of young people missing school, and request additional resources and targeted interventions are developed as soon as possible to improve this situation. This motion is also to be forwarded to the JPC if passed for their attention.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Caroline Lynch
    Seconder
    Councillor Noel French
  • 16 June 2017 Trim carried

    In view of increasing evidence of anti social behaviour and vandalism in Trim area, can this Municipal District write to the Educational Welfare officer for the area and express concern at the number of young people missing school, and request additional resources and targeted interventions are developed as soon as possible to improve this situation. This motion is also to be forwarded to the JPC if passed for their attention.

    Meeting type
    municipal district
    Proposer
    Councillor Caroline Lynch
    Seconder
    Councillor Enda Flynn