Wicklow County Council

Wicklow County Council

I am now requesting a copy of all documents of the council and its employees in the last four years relating to (a) the possible extension or expansion of existing parking facilities (including access and exit) of the Herbert Road Car Park and (b) all documents referring to the actual or possible acquisition, rental, demolition or other disposal of all or part of the property knows as St Paul’s and of its neighbouring house known as Kilavin on Herbert Road adjacent to that car park. Such documents should include emails and texts and should include relevant communications relating to the proposed Florentine development other than those already on the public planning application file relating to the recent granting of planning permission for the Florentine development

Wicklow County Council

All memos and management letters sent between the local government auditor and the Council Chief Executive between 1st July 2016 and 1st October 2017

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1-What is the expected cost of the development , and how much money has been spent to date. 2-When is work on the development expected to commence and when is completion due. 3-What will the parking arrangements for the town be while the development is under construction? 4-How many shop units will be in the centre once it is finished, and will there be a cinema? 5-A list of complaints made by the public regarding the development of the centre.”

Wicklow County Council

My request relates to successful prosecutions taken by the Authority under the Waste Management Act 1996. Specifically I am looking for the details of all prosecutions taken by the Authority, which resulted in a conviction, fine or penalty, where the case was taken under the following sections of the Act: Section 18 of the Waste Management Act 1996; Section 55 of the Waste Management Act 1996; Section 32 of the Waste Management Act 1996; Section 34 of the Waste Management Act 1996; Section 39 of the Waste Management Act 1996; Section 57/58 of the Waste Management Act 1996. To stay consistent with the information published by the EPA in relation to its enforcement actions I would like to request the following details with respect to each of these cases: Respondent Name; Permit / licence number if applicable; Respondent Address; Section of Waste management Act 1996 that the prosecution was taken under; Case Summary; and The Details of the sentence/ fine/ Costs The information I am seeking is a record of the cases taken and not documents involved in the case itself, it would not form part of the case taken and as such would not be available from the Courts. I understand the information to be available in tabular (spreadsheet) form and has been submitted to the EPA as part of the RMCEI returns process. The information I seek is consistent with the publication of similar information by other prosecuting bodies. For instance, the EPA publishes details of successful prosecutions. The Office of Director of Corporate Enforcment publishes, in its annual report, a table of directors who have been disqualified following court orders. The Revenue Commissioners publishes the list of the tax defaulters, who made settlements in lieu of a court conviction. I do not seek information on parties acquitted or cases where the prosecution did not proceed. Information of this nature is supposed to be public under Article 34 of the Constitution, that justice be administered in public. As such it cannot be considered to be confidential or would ever have the character necessary to be treated as confidential. Under Section 17 of the Act I would ask that the information be released electronically in a .xls or similar file format. If amending the wording of the request is likely to reduce unnecessary workload I am happy to consider an alternative phrasing.

Wicklow County Council

I request a copy of the national section 22 register of historic landfill sites

Wicklow County Council

Can you please kindly advise on all of the following; How many complaints have been made since the construction of this build-out at the pedestrian crossing on Arklow Main Street? State the technical reasons why warning signs were not and are still not in place? When and why the large pot plants were put on the pavements? Finally, was legal advice taken backing this decision made by Mr. X?”

Wicklow County Council

I request under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003, the following records in relation to your council's inspection of private rented accommodation: 1. The number of properties in your council district in which tenants received payments under the HAP and RAS schemes in 2016? 2. The number of these properties in 2016 – for clarity, we are referring to properties in which tenants received payments under the HAP and RAS schemes in 2016 - which were ever inspected at any point by the council? 3. The number of these properties in 2016 which were never inspected at any point by the council? 4. The number of these properties which were inspected and found to be non compliant with standards but continued to be the subject of rent support payments under the HAP and RAS schemes in 2016

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The top 20 highest salaries to paid to senior clerical officers/managers in Wickow County Council’s housing department this year, in 2016 and 2015 Any bonuses, overtime and/ or additional payments paid to the top 20 staff with the highest salaries this year, in 2016 and 2015 The total number of staff working in Wicklow County Council’s Housing department and the average salaries that they are paid. Just to clarify the top highest paid staff

Wicklow County Council

An itemised list of all travel outside of the State expensed by Cllrs for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, and the first six months of 2017 - to include, the cost of travel, the cost of accommodation if any, the name of the cllr(s), the destination of travel, the duration of the stay, the date of the travel, the purpose of travel (if known) An itemised list of all travel inside the State expensed by Cllrs for the years 2014, 2015, 2016, and the first six months of 2017 - to include, the cost of travel, the cost of accommodation if any, the name of the cllr(s), the destination of travel, the duration of the stay, the date of the travel, the purpose of travel (if known)

Wicklow County Council

1. Copies of all warning notices issued for breaches in building control in between 1st January 2017 and 18th September 2017, including the date the warning notice was issued. 2. Copies of all enforcement notices issued for breaches in building control in between 1st January 2017 and 18th September 2017, including the date the enforcement notice was issued.

Wicklow County Council

Any document stating the number of people in Wicklow county council-run emergency accommodation from the period beginning August 2016 up to and including August 2017.

Wicklow County Council

Numbers of complaints about pigeons by the public in Wicklow in the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017* (*to date) broken down by year. Numbers of complaints about rats by the public in Wicklow in the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017* (*to date) broken down by year. Numbers of complaints about seagulls by the public in Wicklow in the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017* (*to date) broken down by year. Figures of money spent by the Council to combat pests (pigeons, rats and seagulls) in the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017* (*to date) broken down by year.

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Can you please provide details of all instances of slaughterhouse non- compliance with animal welfare legislation that have occurred in your council area between 01/01/2014 and 31/07/2017. For each instance of non- compliance can you, at the minimum, include: i) The date/month it occurred ii) The species affected iii) The slaughter stage at which it occurred eg handling/stunning etc iii) The nature of the non-compliance iv) The severity of the non-compliance v) Any enforcement action taken

Wicklow County Council

For the period 01/01/2013 to 31/07/2017, can you please give details of any aggression such as harassment, intimidation or physical violence encountered by your staff or those contracted by you when visiting slaughterhouses? For each incident of aggression, can you, at the minimum, please outline in a spreadsheet: i) the date/month of the incident ii) the county in which it occurred iii) the type of aggression iv) for each type of aggression, the annual number of slaughterhouses at which an incident of aggression occurred v) any remedial action taken

Wicklow County Council

Any correspondence, including emails, phone records, meeting minutes, etc, between 1 January 2017 and the current date between any person employed by Wicklow County Council and anyone employed by, or a representative of, Bray Wanderers football club.

Wicklow County Council

The number of people on the Wicklow County Council housing waiting list as of the 1st of September 2017.

Wicklow County Council

A itemised report from the Agresso system for all income received by the Council under the headings E01 [Landfill operation and aftercare] and E02 [Recovery recycling facilities and operations] as well as the associated sub categories eg E0101, E0102, E0103, E0199, E0201, E0202, E0203 and E0299. This should include all relevant fields captured in the FMS including the customer name, amount, date, transaction description etc.The request should cover the period from January 1, 2014 to the present day.

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Details including notes, emails and letters concerning the membership of Wicklow County Council’s Twinning Committees, for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016

Wicklow County Council

Details including notes, emails and letters concerning the appointment of staff of Wicklow County Council to bodies concerned with the running of Wicklow Gaol, for the year 2010 onwards. Details including notes, emails and letters concerning the appointment of members of Wicklow County Council to bodies concerned with the running of Wicklow Gaol, for the year 2010 onwards

Wicklow County Council

Details including notes, emails and letters concerning the appointment of consultants to bodies concerned with the running of Wicklow Gaol

Wicklow County Council

Details including notes, emails and letters of the financial support given to Wicklow Gaol in the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. Details of the governance structure of Wicklow Gaol and details of the relationship/ownership between the Council and Wicklow Gaol

Wicklow County Council

Details including notes, emails and letters concerning the Council’s appointment of members of the Wicklow Film Commission, for the years 2010 onwards

Wicklow County Council

Details of all buildings identified as potential new homeless family hubs including any list/s of buildings to be potentially targeted with procurement offers.Details of all procurement offers made for potential new homeless family hubs, and of responses to same from the owner/s of the building/s including reasons for refusal, if applicable. Please note the timeline for both of the above is between 1st January 2017 and 4th September 2017.

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1. Details of inspection targets, if any were set, for the number of private rented properties to be inspected by the council during 2016 and 2017 (targets which may have been set at the start of the year)? 2. The number of inspection reports arising from inspections of private rented properties made available to tenants during 2016? 3. How many prohibition notices were issued by the council during 2016 in relation to private rented properties? 4. How many dwellings were inspected by the council during 2016? How many of those dwellings were found to be non compliant with the regulations for standards in private rented accommodation? 5. The total number of private rented properties inspected during 2016 as a proportion (percentage) of the total number of registered tenancies in your council district? 6. The average duration per inspection? 7. The average cost per inspection? 8. The number of properties which were inspected proactively - ie NOT arising from complaints or concerns raised with the council, nor as a result of the council's responsibility to inspect private rented properties under the HAP and RAS schemes? Details of the council’s policy for identifying properties for inspection? 9. The most common reasons for non compliance with standards regulations? 10. The number of follow-up inspections carried out during 2016? 11. The number of improvement notices issued in relation to private rented properties? 12. The number of prosecutions brought by the council in respect of non compliance with the regulations for standards in private rented accommodation? 13. Details of any written policy or operation manual for undertaking inspections in the rented sector?

Wicklow County Council

Could you please supply us with clarification and specific details as to the alleged unauthorised development to our property that you refer to in points 1, 2 and 3 in your letter and state which of these points have been breached and by what means these have been breached. Under the Freedom of Information Act, we request a copy of all documentation that refers to myself, my family or our property. These include all internal correspondence within Wicklow County Council and Wicklow planning department, any notes taken by any associates acting on behalf of Wicklow County Council. Any and all media files, images, audio files, paperwork and references received by Wicklow County Council or any of your associates that reference myself or my family and property. We request a declaration of association of any personnel or persons within Wicklow County Council that may have personal knowledge or friendships or relationships to myself, my family or anyone referenced in this matter and adjacent properties to my address. We request disclosure of information regarding anyone within Wicklow County Council who has made any personal representation on my behalf or that of my family, and or on behalf of any other parties concerned herein at any point, either past or present

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The amount of money spent by the council on emergency repair works on local and regional roads in each of the last five years.

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The number of reported incidents of assaults on or abuse towards clamping staff from 1 January 2017 to 01 August 2017, broken down by month. - Details of each of these incidents, to include date, location and the specifics of the altercation.

Wicklow County Council

Copy extract from the register required to be maintained by the Council pursuant to Part IV of the Building Regulations 1997, including particulars of all enforcement notices issued pursuant to the Building Control Act 1990, together with details of any District Court orders made in respect of all such enforcement notices, for the period from 1 January 2012 to date.

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Project Title: Construction of 20 no. Social housing units at Brewery Straight, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow and all associated site works and site services. Regarding the above project I hereby request the following records: How many tenders were submitted? A list of all “as opened” tender sums; A list of all tenderers; What was the clause 9.4 program contingency? Contract sum upon award of the contract; If this project has commenced what was the date of issue of the first Interim Certificate? If this project has reached completion what was the date of issue of the Final Certificate? If this project has reached completion what was the contract sum on the Final Certificate? Details of the insurance company or bank that provided the Performance Bond (Surety) for this project.”

Wicklow County Council

Please provide full details/minutes of all the Animal Welfare Committee meetings from 2015 to date and any related documentation or correspondence.

Wicklow County Council

I would like to request access to File UD 4282, or copies thereof, under the Freedom of information act 2014.

Wicklow County Council

The number of complaints or representations received by the Council from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2016 in relation to noise from wind turbines broken down by year. The number of complaints or representations received by the Council from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2016 in relation to shadow flicker from wind turbines broken down by year. Copy of all Memoranda, Reports and Correspondence within the Council in relation to such complaints and representations. Copy of all Reports, Correspondence, Emails and other communications in writing received from the entity complained against or their representatives/consultants. (i) The number of Court enforcement actions instituted on foot of (a) noise and/or (b) shadow flicker complaints broken down by year. (ii) The number in which a Court imposed sanctions and the nature of the sanctions imposed broken down by year. Amount received by way of rates or equivalent payments by the Council from windfarms during the period 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2016 broken down by year. Number of staff attached to the Council’s Enforcement Section (or equivalent function if no dedicated Section) for each of the years 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2016 inclusive broken down by year. Number of those staff who held a professional or academic qualification in Acoustics or Noise Nuisance Assessment broken down by year. Budget allocated to Council Enforcement Section (or equivalent function if no dedicated Section) for each of the said years, or nearest financial reporting period if different to calendar year broken down by year. Identity of any external consultants engaged by the Council or at the Council’s direction to assist in the investigation of such complaints and the amount paid by the Council per annum to such consultants for the period 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2016 broken down by year. (For avoidance of doubt: the annual payment amount need not be linked to individual consultants.) Details of any training programmes or courses attended by Council staff in relation to monitoring and assessment of wind turbine noise in the period 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2016. Copies of any internal reports emails or records relating to Council policy or practice with regard to investigation and prosecution of such complaints or to the level of Council resources devoted to these investigations

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A copy of all correspondence between Wicklow County Council/Bray Municipal District regarding the sale of a 1.78 acre site on the Southern Cross Road, Bray, Co Wicklow. The site was initially sold to Mr. X. I am requesting a copy of all correspondence between the council and the said person, any other associated persons and information on any outstanding arrears and financial penalties

Wicklow County Council

Copies of any representations received from members of the Oireachtas (TDs, Senators, ministers of state, ministers) opposing the granting of planning permission for new developments of housing, apartments, social housing etc in the period 1 Jan 2015 to the current date. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.”

Wicklow County Council

1. The number of Building Control cases taken by the local authority between 2016 and 2010. 2. The number of planning enforcement orders enacted by the local authority between 2016 and 2010.

Wicklow County Council

Planning 17/509 Planning Applicant (Mrs. X) Submissions: Mrs. Y and Mr. Z Submission Document: Record date 7th June 2017 Detail of information requested: The objectors note in their submission under Item 1 Unapproved Development – Not a Residential Dwelling at paragraph 3: In 2014?, it was alleged that there was an attempt made by the owners to sell the shed off as a house on the Allsop Auction. “The planning department in Bray Municipal Office was notified I would like a copy of this notification as referred. To assist, I believe the period in which this notification was lodged was between the 15th January 2014 and the 31st March 2014

Wicklow County Council

Figures for the number of abandoned cars removed and destroyed by the council for each calendar year between 2014 and 2016, including an overall average age of cars destroyed for each year and, if possible, a breakdown of the number of each make and model of car destroyed for each year. Number and overall value of fines/bills paid in each calendar year between 2014 and 2016 for removal and destruction of abandoned cars, and the same for fines/bills outstanding at the end of each year.

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Documents not published on the council website in relation to Newcastle Airfield. These would specifically include notes from council meetings, emails between planning executives and emails between planning and enforcement

Wicklow County Council

In the calendar year 2016, 1-How many €150 fixed penalty fines for littering were imposed by your local authority? 2-Of those €150 fixed penalty fines imposed, how many were paid? 3-How many instances of littering and/or illegal dumping resulted in the council initiating court action? 4-Of the court actions initiated, how many were for unpaid fixed penalty fines? 5-Of the court actions initiated, how many were at District Court level and how many at Circuit Court level and how many at High Court level? 6-Of the court actions initiated, how many resulted in (a) convictions, (b) acquittals? 7-Did the council initiate any kind of legal action related to littering/illegal dumping – ie did the council seek injunctive and/or other type of relief? 8-Of the cases taken to court in 2016, how much has your council expended on legal fees for same?

Wicklow County Council

All documents, to include all reports (including draft reports), memoranda, correspondence in written or electronic format or otherwise, relating to any assessment of and reporting on, that landfill’s compliance with the Landfill Directive, ‘Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 specifically with Articles 1, 4, 6, 12 and 13 and with the requirements of Annex I and Annex III of that Directive

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The most up-to-date number of applicants for social housing currently registered with your local authority. The most up-to-date number of vacant social housing units in your county.