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South Dublin County Council

FOI Requests — 947 requests

  • Received 3 October 2018
    Decided 31 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 170 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All internal records outlining specific reasons for the rejection of properties offered by Nama for potential use as social housing , to include why they were deemed not suitable.

  • Received 3 October 2018
    Decided 31 October 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 171 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Any information and records relating to Unit 3 Fonthill Retail Park,Clondalkin including all correspondence or complaints made by or received from third parties and any internal/external communications of any kind from 1st May 2017 to date.Specifically all records relating to the current Enforcement Case S7743 from any and all parties including all legal and court proceedings.

  • Received 1 October 2018
    Decided 30 October 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 167 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    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 2017 to the current date.

  • Received 28 September 2018
    Decided 25 October 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 165 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All non-published information related to the following planning applications:SD17A/0046,SD16A/0269,SD18A/0022.

  • Received 2 October 2018
    Decided 25 October 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 168 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Every planning objection/submission/observation from an elected official(TD or Councillor) both locally and nationally from January 2009 to present,with the planning objection to include the planning application reference number.

  • Received 3 October 2018
    Decided 22 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 172 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Queries regarding two events held in Corkagh Park on 29th and 30th September 2018 and general queries regarding the use of vehicles within the park confines.

  • Received 24 September 2018
    Decided 18 October 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 162 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    1.Any correspondence,documents, drawings,submissions or any other record associated with the Enforcement Notice pursuant to S. 154(5)(a)(i) of the Planning and Development Act 2000(as amended) issued by the Council on 13th September 2018,reference S7920. 2.Any correspondence,minutes,attendance notes, e-mails,reports or any other record concerning how it has come to the attention of the Council that alleged unauthirised development may have been,is being or may be carried out at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre to specifically include any notification or complaint of the alleged unauthorised development to the Council from any party and to further include any drafts or versions of drafts of the documents referenced on page 2 of the Enforcement Notice,to the extent same have been carried out to date.

  • Received 25 September 2018
    Decided 17 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 163 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    1.Any and all audits/reports etc.in the possession of the Council Chief Executive or senior Council officials,relating to the Councillors' ethical declarations under the Local Government Act from January 2016 to present date .2. Any correspondence to/from the Council Chief Executive that relates to any such audits/reviews etc. for the same period.

  • Received 21 September 2018
    Decided 16 October 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 157 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All documents,correspondence and reports relating to Airbnb either prepared for internal use or shared with other public bodies like government departments or agencies. The records sought are from the period 1st January 2018 to 21st September 2018 inclusive and exclude correspondence with individual property owners and/or ratepayers.

  • Received 18 September 2018
    Decided 15 October 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 154 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All internal and external correspondence relating to family hubs from 1st July 2017 to 1st September 2018.

  • Received 21 September 2018
    Decided 12 October 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 158 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All memos,correspondence(sent and received including attachments),management letters sent between the local government auditor and the Council Chief Executive between 1st October 2017 and 21st September 2018.

  • Received 14 September 2018
    Decided 11 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 152 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Information sought in relation to whether or not the Council Housing staff met with an approved housing body on the morning of Tuesday,3rd July 2018 at Firhouse Carmelite Convent on Firhouse Road,details as to what was discussed on site and whether or not the Council applied for funding to the Department of Housing,Planning and Local Government or any other finance agency re social housing,rapid builds or funding regarding a homeless hub for homeless families on this particular site..

  • Received 12 September 2018
    Decided 9 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 149 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of homes offered to the Council by landlords and rejected each year since 2010 and the reasons for these rejections. An annual breakdown of the number of homes offered by NAMA to the Council and rejected for use.

  • Received 12 September 2018
    Decided 9 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 150 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A copy of the engineer's report submitted to the Council regarding the decision not to extinquish the right of way between Raheen Close and Whitebrook Park.

  • Received 13 September 2018
    Decided 9 October 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 153 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Rules/Policies regarding issues arising for tenants/Housing Assistance Payment tenants etc,when the Residential Tenancies Board favour they must vacate property for breach of tenancy and the Council maintain they be struck off the Housing List for 2 years.All policies regarding Council tenants and approved housing bodies that houses are transferred to by the Council.

  • Received 19 September 2018
    Decided 8 October 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 155 18
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    South Dublin County Council

    The overall number of intentions to compulsory purchase for housing purposes issued by the Council from 2011-2018 to date,number of Confirmed Orders issued and refused by An Bord Pleanala,number of Section 50 of the Planning and Development Act Judicial Reviews of confirmed orders,number of CPO 'Notice to Treat' issued by the Council and total amount spent on CPOs for each of the years.

  • Received 10 September 2018
    Decided 4 October 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 148 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Correspondence between (1)the Minister for Housing,(2)Taoiseach(3) General Secretary of the Department of Housing(4) Chair of the Housing Agency and the Council Chief Executive between Ist August 2018 and 10th September 2018.

  • Received 3 September 2018
    Decided 24 September 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 145 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Information for each of the the years 2013-2018 regarding the number of greyhounds euthanised at Ashton Dog Pound,reasons for euthanasia,amount of time greyhounds were at pound before euthanasia,cost of euthanasia per year,cost of care per dog per year,number of greyhounds adopted by foreign owners and nationalities of said foreign adoptive owners.

  • Received 3 August 2018
    Decided 18 September 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 126 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    For the years 2016,2017 and 2018(most recently available data): 1.The amount of residential zoned land which is privately owned within the Council's administrative area.2.The amount of this land registered on the Vacant Sites Register.3.The number of residential units/homes owned by the Council which are (a) occupied by tenants and(b) vacant 4.The number of social and affordable houses delivered by the Council in each of the above years (a)via construction by the Council(b)under Part V agreements with developers(c) one off purchases by the Council(d) delivered by an approved housing body and(e) the long tern leasing of residential premises by the Council.5.(a) the yearly capital budget for housing construction and (b) the capital expenditure on housing construction. 6.(a) The number of people in receipt of a HAP payment,broken down by year(half year 2018) and (b) the macro-cost of HAP payments per year.

  • Received 20 August 2018
    Decided 14 September 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 138 18
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    The Engineer's Report together with any documentation in relation to any works or maintenance repairs carried out on an identified wall located at the R20 between Lucan and Newcastle Village.

  • Received 17 August 2018
    Decided 13 September 2018
    Part-Granted
    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.

  • Received 29 August 2018
    Decided 11 September 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 142 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All correspondence between Tetrarch Capital Limited and the Council's Chief Executive and the County Architect dating from May 1st 2018 to August 29th 2018.The records and /or minutes and /or recordings of any meeting or phone calls held between the Council's Chief Executive or any other representative of the Council and a representative of Tetrarch Capital dating from May 1st 2018 to August 29th 2018.

  • Received 30 August 2018
    Decided 11 September 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 144 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of any records in relation to a meeting held between Tetrarch and the Council's Chief Executive and the County Architect regarding a proposal in relation to the rezoning of lands at Citywest and copies of any correspondence to and fromTetrarch and the Council for the year to date.

  • Received 5 September 2018
    Decided 7 September 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 147 18
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All documents to include records,communications,memoranda,rotas and schedules which record the assignment of grave digging work to the panel of gravediggers at Bohernabreena Cemetery from 12th Septemer 2013 to 4th September 2018 .

  • Received 9 August 2018
    Decided 5 September 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 129 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.The number of agricultural buildings that the Council found were built without planning permission between 2013-2017. 2.The number of agricultural buildings that were requested to be taken down by the Council between 2013-2017.

  • Received 13 August 2018
    Decided 30 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 130 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Information covering the last two completed financial years on the total budget for all library services,a breakdown of what the money was spent on ,names of suppliers/contract holders and amounts bought from each,amounts bought from non-contracted suppliers and the number of staff employed in the service(wholetime/part time equivalents) in both years.

  • Received 31 July 2018
    Decided 28 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 123 18
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    Records relating to the operation of the Caravan Loan Scheme

  • Received 27 July 2018
    Decided 24 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 120 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records that give a breakdown of the number of people who presented to the Council as homeless under S.2 of the Housing Act 1988 in 2016,2017 and 2018,a breakdown of the number of those people which the Council decided in its opinion were not homeless and the reasons for such decisions.

  • Received 13 August 2018
    Decided 24 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 131 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Figures showing the number of homes built by the Council in 2018 to date,the number of houses expected to be built by the Council by the end of the year and comparitive figures showing the number of homes built by the Council in 2013,2014,2015,2016 and 2017.

  • Received 27 July 2018
    Decided 22 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 121 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for the following records: 1.The Council Chief Executive's appointments diary for 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017.2.A list of the Council's land assets with availability identified as being "surplus to requirements" on the State Property Register. 3. The Council's annual financial statements for 2017,both audited and unaudited.

  • Received 24 July 2018
    Decided 21 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 117 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    How many road signs designating an area or place have gone missing in the last five years?What did the signs designate and did they go missing more than once.

  • Received 24 July 2018
    Decided 21 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 118 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The cost of dealing with/treating/removing Japanese knotweed in the years 2016 and 2017 by the Council.

  • Received 17 July 2018
    Decided 9 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 115 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of the builder company,certifier company and designer company for the following commencement notices: CN0041519SD,CN0041782SD,CN0041522SD,CN0041786SD,CN0041784SD,SN000333322SD,CN0041567SD,CN0041780SD,CN0041779SD.

  • Received 12 July 2018
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 110 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for a copy of the final Part V (social housing) agreements for Dodderbrook,Ballycullen(Maplewood Homes) acquired in 2018.

  • Received 12 July 2018
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 111 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for a copy of the final Part V(social housing) agreements for New Bancroft,Tallaght(Park Developments) acquired in 2017.

  • Received 12 July 2018
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 112 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for a copy of the final Part V(social housing) agreement for Milford Manor,Raheen,Clondalkin.

  • Received 26 July 2018
    Decided 3 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 119 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A copy of all completed audits in relation to financial matters carried out by the Council's internal audit division in 2016,2017 and 2018 to date.

  • Received 2 February 2018
    Decided 28 July 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 18 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    From January 2012 to request date any internal or external audits/studies/reports etc.relating to personal injury claims taken against the Council and their associated costs and any internal policy documents/memoranda on behalf of the Council's legal department/finance department relating to personal injury claims and their associated costs.

  • Received 10 July 2018
    Decided 26 July 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 109 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.Copies of all internal financial audits produced by the Council from 2015-present date.2. Copies of all external audits produced on behalf of the Council from 2015 to present date.

  • Received 15 June 2018
    Decided 12 July 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 100 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of the results of tests carried out to date on the stretch of road at Edmondstown Road,Dublin 16 which is currently closed to vehicular traffic and details of whatever subsidence has occurred at this part of the road and how those results have been assessed by the Roads Department of the Council.Request also for any technical reports drawn up since October 2017.

  • Received 13 June 2018
    Decided 10 July 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 99 18
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    South Dublin County Council

    The overall number of Re-Building Ireland Home Loan applications received,number sent to the Housing Agency,number approved and declined by the Housing Agency,number of loans approved and refused by the Local Authority Credit Committee,the reason given for a change by the Credit Committee from the Housing Agency recommendation if categorised,the total value of loans drawn down from the Housing Finance Agency from February 1st 2018 to date.

  • Received 12 June 2018
    Decided 9 July 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 98 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The minutes of all Dublin Social Housing Delivery Taskforce meetings between 1st September 2017 and 7th June 2018

  • Received 15 June 2018
    Decided 9 July 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 101 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for details of the number of full time/part time staff levels in the following areas: School Wardens,Traffic Wardens,Litter Wardens,Traffic/Litter Wardens,Community Wardens and Dog Wardens and of any outside contractors providing any of these services.

  • Received 8 June 2018
    Decided 3 July 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 96 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of decisions,meeting notes and minutes concerning Part V Housing allocations(Planning and Development Act 2000) between the Department of Housing,Social and Community Development and Cavan Developments in relation to the following planning applications: SD18A/0074 and SD16A/0229.

  • Received 5 June 2018
    Decided 27 June 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 94 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Data sought for 2016,2017 and 2018 of the number of Council employees sacked and reason for dismissal,number suspended,reason for suspension,number of complaints of bullying and sexual harassment received by the Council in those years.

  • Received 29 May 2018
    Decided 26 June 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 91 18
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    For 2017 the total amount spent on public notices in print,digital and broadcast media outlets and a listing of amounts paid to each media outlet.

  • Received 7 June 2018
    Decided 25 June 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 95 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The number,names and locations of all the playgrounds maintained by the Council.

  • Received 19 June 2018
    Decided 25 June 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 102 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for records of purchase orders in relation to plastic cups,cutlery and straws dated 2013-2018 to include quantity of goods ordered and the amount paid.

  • Received 28 May 2018
    Decided 22 June 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 88 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of the expense payments claimed by the Council's senior management team including the Chief Executive and directors of services for 2016,2017 and the first three months of 2018 to include notes,estimates or actual figures of payments made through credit cards or any other means used to reimburse the senior management team for expenses incurred.

  • Received 24 May 2018
    Decided 20 June 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 84 18
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for records of public and private roads in the South Dublin area.