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South Dublin County Council

FOI Requests — 947 requests

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    Request Reference FOI 168 21
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Confirmation that SDCC currently undertake traffic counts, contact details of the person/team who are responsible. How many are currently installed in the county and provision of make, model, and if they are permanent or portable equipment. Policy on the insulation of tube counters.

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    Request Reference FOI 161 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Correspondence from the Ministers to SDCC in relation to the SDCC Development Plan 2022- 2028

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    Request Reference FOI 197 19
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of financial settlements reached by the Council during each of the last five years,the number of these settlements which included a confidentiality clause and the value of these settlements for each of the years.

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    Request Reference FOI 185 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.How many lifebuoys have the Council had to replace in 2018,2017,2016 and 2015 broken down by year?.2.How much money has it cost the Council to replace lifebuoys in each of the years?.3. How many defibrillators are owned by the Council,how many had to be replaced due to vandalism in 2018,2017,2016 and 2015 and how much did it cost the Council to replace defibrillators in each of those years.?

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    Request Reference FOI 187 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    From 2008 onwards(a) which,if any, social housing buildings were built with:- Reynobond PE cladding,-Reynolux aluminium sheets,-Celotex RS 5000 PIR thermal insulation.(b)The contractors responsible for part (a). (c) The cost of these projects and specifically the cladding costs.

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    Request Reference FOI 174 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The breakdown/total figures on how much was allocated to the commissioning of works of art under the Per Cent for Art Scheme and who received that funding from South Dublin County Council over the past five years.

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    Request Reference FOI 71 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records for each of the years 2016-2020 of the number of dogs taken in to the local authority's pound, number reclaimed, number surrendered, number re-homed, number destroyed, number of people fined for failing to produce a current dog licance, number of people fined for failing to keep their dogs under effectual control and the number of people fined for failing to have a collar or ID on their dog.

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    Request Reference FOI 77 19
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A breakdown of training day expenses for each councillor in 2018.

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    Request Reference FOI 25 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All records on the expenditure/budget on the clean up of illegal dumping in the Council's and on the number of reports of illegal dumping between 2013 and the FOI request date.

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    Request Reference FOI 83 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.Records pertaining to the total amount of funding allocated to domestic violence services in 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 and the first quarter of 2021. 2. A breakdown of what the funds were spent on specifically.3. Number of people accessing emergency accommodation as a result of domestic violence in the same periods and a breakdown between adults/children. 4. Number of people accessing other domestic violence services funded by the Council. 5. All correspondence between local domestic violence charities/activist groups and the Council between January 2021-March 2021.

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    Request Reference FOI 83 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of written applications for career breaks(categorised by reason as per Circular LG(P)5/2015) to the Council in 2016 and 2017 and whether these applications were granted(categorised as originally or on appeal) or refused.The number of staff on secondment from the Council in 2016 and 2017 and the number of staff on career break or secondment working for a foreign Government department.

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    Request Reference FOI 87 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Total number of noise complaints made to the Council from 2016-2021 broken down by year and category.

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    Request Reference FOI 103 17
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    South Dublin County Council

    Access to all records consisting of correspondence that South Dublin County Council has had with the Minister for Housing,Planning,Community and Local Government over the past 12 months in relation to short term lets.

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    Request Reference FOI 69 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Number of offers of social housing turned down by possible tenants since January 1st 2015 and,in each case,the type of property that was offered,its location and the reason the offer was rejected.

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    Request Reference FOI 70 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Number of people who turned down social housing in 2014 and 2015 and the top 10 reasons given for why houses were turned down.

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    Request Reference FOI 191 20
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Records in relation to the opening of an access to Glenmore Park from Pearse Brothers Park and correspondence with the residents association,property owners and developers and internally within the Council before,during and after the planning process for the Glenmore Park development.

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    Request Reference FOI 245 19
    Requester Type Residents Association
    South Dublin County Council

    Any records relating to the Environmental Impact Assessment of Poddlefas 1/1/2014 and 19/12/2019.

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    Request Reference FOI 08 20
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The total cost associated with cleaning up Hallowen related ant-social incidents(ie bonfires,damage to Council land/property etc) in 2019

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    Request Reference FOI 235 18
    Requester Type Residents Association
    South Dublin County Council

    Records regarding Whitechurch Library specifically but not exclusively in relation to The Web Project's dealings/arrangement with the Council.All correspondence and records between The Web Project and various Council departments.Records of any planning conditions agreed with the neighbouring developer as part of recent planning permission including boundary treatments.Copy of the Carnegie Library Trust documents and any document that stipulates the obligations of the local authority regarding its operation and ongoing care of the building.Copies of all records where it was discussed and decided that Library Lending Services would be ended. Copy of conservation maintenance and cleaning records.Copies of certificates under Data Protection legislation for all computers available to be used inside this building.Records of any discussion,correspondence internally pertaining to any activity within or proposed for Whitechurch Library.

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    Request Reference FOI 10 24
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Under the FOI acts, I request the following: Records of the number of refugees accommodated in your local authority region during the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023. These people may be referred to as beneficiaries of temporary protection. Please state the age range and gender and type of accommodation recorded in terms of single or multi-occupancy dwellings. Please also provide records of correspondence or minutes of meetings in which concerns have been raised about the security of these refugees or the buildings within which they reside. Please provide records in relation to concerns raised during 2022 and 2023 about refurbishment works on properties in your local authority where the works relate to accommodation for refugees or beneficiaries of temporary protection.

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    Request Reference FOI 10 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All correspondence regarding issue of road closure licenses on Whitechurch Road for the months of July and August 2021.

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    Request Reference FOI 13 19
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All documentation and minutes of meetings relating to the examination of the site on Ballyowen Lane and the decision that no measures could be taken to make Ballyowen Lane only accessible to pedestrians/cyclists/those requiring mobility aids.

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    Request Reference FOI 204 23
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    I would like to establish under an FOI request if or when South Dublin County Council inspected trees at the back of houses in Brookvale Downs, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14. This is adjacent to the Lower Dodder View Road. This activity may have been conducted as part of a Tree Maintenance Programme that started in the estate today. In addition, I would also like to establish if any trees in the estate itself along the road are scheduled to be purned.

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    Request Reference FOI 205 23
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Please accept the following as an application under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014. I am seeking the following records, which relate to the Peter McVerry Trust and the Council. 1. I am seeking copies of any annual audits carried out by the Council of PMcVT properties from 2019 to the present. 2. I am seeking copies of the Annual Statements of Occupancy / Annual Returns submitted by PMcVT Trust to the Council, from 2019 to present, together with any related correspondence.

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    Request Reference FOI 172 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Correspondance in relaltion to an address at Tullyahall Way, Lucan

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    Request Reference FOI 215 18
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    1.For the period January 2018 to the present date copies of any policy,guideline,circular,assessment criteria,form or procedure that(a) applies or is applied to the self-accommodation 'option' under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 as provided specifically and only to homeless families (b)determines any eligibility or admissability criteria for "hub" homeless accommodation as applies specifically and only to homeless families(c)is relevant to provision of Section 10 accommodation on a night by night basis only and specifically to homeless families only.2.All non-personal records for the month of October 2018 that note and identify the number of families currently being provided with a self-accommodate option,as per Section 10 of the Act,the number of families currently accessing hubs through the Council and the number of families currently on night to night provision of emergency accommodation through the Council.

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    Request Reference FOI 109 20
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of thefts per year in Council run graveyards since 2016 and transcripts of complaints sent to the Council regarding thefts in such graveyards from March 2019 to present date,

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    Request Reference FOI 40 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Total payments made by SDCC to a named Solicitors since 2017.

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    Request Reference FOI 63 20
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of all accidents and complaints for the past 5 years in respect of Parkhill Road,Kilnamanagh,Tallaght,Dublin 24.

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    Request Reference FOI 126 21
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All information held on the Council's use of notices pursuant to S.10 of the Housing(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 from 2016 to date to include the number of notices issued in each year, the subsection of S.10 that was invoked, number of S.10 Notices that led to the removal and storage of a temporary dwelling and the number of S.10 notices that led to a prosecution.

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    Request Reference FOI 136 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    In relation to "a proposal in relation to the rezoning of lands at Citywest" e-mail and written correspondence between Tetrarch Capital Limited and South Dublin County Council during 2018.Notes prepared for Council representatives and minutes taken at the meeting between Tetrarch Capital Limited and the Council.

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    Request Reference FOI 129 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of any representations received from members of the Oireachtas (both TDs & Senators) opposing the granting of planning permission for new developments of housing,apartments,social housing etc. in the period 1st January 2014 to the current date.

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    Request Reference FOI 139 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records listing the numbers of all neglected or mistreated or malnourished dogs seized by SDCC in the past 12 months

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    Request Reference FOI 150 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

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

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    Request Reference FOI 196 19
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Records relating to rates charged for hotels,B&Bs,guesthouses or short term lets(I.e.airbnb),number of properties subject to such rates in 2016,2017 and 2018 and how much yielded in revenue.Number of enforcement proceedings commenced by the Council in respect of short term lets in 2016,2017 and 2018.Details of properties granted or refused planning permission for short term lets since 2016 and what contribution towards public services if any they were asked to pay as part of the planning permission.

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    Request Reference FOI 198 19
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Any records that relate to the fact-finding trip organised by the Irish Planning Institute to London in mid-October 2019 including any correspondence and attachments between officials in the Council and the Irish Planning Institute and any internal emails or messages that relate to the trip.

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    Request Reference FOI 173 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Records of the number of applicants on the Housing List in 2015.

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    Request Reference FOI 74 19
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All correspondence received from politicians or people representing politicians or political parties in relation to planning decisions made by the Council to include objections,submissions and comments on planning applications from January 1st 2015 to present date.

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    Request Reference FOI 31 19
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of any reports,memos,submissions or other such review documents regarding the purchase of 30 properties in the White Pines development on Stocking Lane.

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    Request Reference FOI 51 19
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    How many funerals for members of the public did the Council pay towards in each of the last five years(2014-2018 inclusive) and how much did this expenditure total in each of these years?.

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    Request Reference FOI 29 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Traffic management report survey approved for Ballymount Lane at Tynan Hall which includes the entrance to the new Kingswood school and the environmental impact study in relation to Kingswood community school build.

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    Request Reference FOI 32 17
    Requester Type Public representative
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for a copy of the contract of employment for the role of Sport in the Community Development Officers.Also the salary level and what percentage is paid by the FAI and SDCC.

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    Request Reference FOI 70 22
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All correspondence and communications including telephone communications between the Valuation Office (to include the Commissioner of Valuation or any officer of the Valuation Office) and South Dublin County Council between 1 January 2015 and 13 April 2022 concerning a named property and the rated occupiers of that property.

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    Request Reference FOI 101 19
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Records relating to a development at Rossmore Grove,Templeogue.

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    Request Reference FOI 80 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of anti-social complaints made to the Council under the Housing(Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1997 for each individual year from 2013 to 2017,with a breakdown of drug- related complaints and other requests.

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    Request Reference FOI 101 17
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    South Dublin County Council

    How many local authority mortgages were approved and granted by the Council in each of the years 2013-2016 inclusive?.

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    Request Reference FOI 85 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of any planning permission sought and noise assessment conducted in respect of ventilation system of swimming pool in college in Templeogue.

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    Request Reference FOI 186 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    How much a named Construction company have been paid for their work to date on the Old Knocklyon Rd site of 16 units

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    Request Reference FOI 196 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Information on how many people have been fined for not binning chewing gum correctly broken down for every year since the fine was brought in.

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    Request Reference FOI 12 24
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Under the FOI Act 2014 and its amendments and regulations, I am seeking the following information from South Dublin County Council: A copy of all communication documents or emails, application documents, assessors reports and any other documents which formed part of any submissions made to South Dublin County Council to obtain a Street Furniture Licence under Section 254, Planning and Development Act, as amended, and Article 201(b) of the Planning and Development Regulations, as amended, for a premises in Rathfarnham, namely Dakco Ltd. (Revels Bar), 37 Main Street, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, D14 PW02. As the licence must be renewed annually there should be a number of such applications for the licence and I am requesting a copy of the documents referred to above for each year the licence was granted.