local authority

South Dublin County Council

FOI Requests — 947 requests

  • Received 31 January 2017
    Decided 23 February 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 22 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The following information requested for the period from Ist October 2014 to current date in relation to the HAP Scheme in South Dublin: number of HAP houses rented,number of inspections of HAP houses,date of first HAP house inspection,date of most recent HAP house inspection,number of houses that did not meet required HAP standards,number of complaints made by HAP tenants,type of complaints made by HAP tenants and number of people employed/assigned to carry out inspections on HAP homes.

  • Received 9 January 2017
    Decided 20 February 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 05 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All minutes and memoranda relating to any Council inter action/engagement/activity concerning the 2015 Tourism Strategy insofar as it relates to, either directly or indirectly, a flagship tourist attraction in the Mountains in the South Dublin County Council administrative area.

  • Received 18 January 2017
    Decided 15 February 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 15 17
    Requester Type Residents Association
    South Dublin County Council

    Information with regard to the dispute over the strip of land that was not in the Council's possession when the house was built and put up for sale at 1A St.Patrick's Road and regarding the CPO for this land including cost for the land and legal fees relating to the purchase of the strip of land.

  • Received 18 January 2017
    Decided 15 February 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 16 17
    Requester Type Public representative
    South Dublin County Council

    A copy of the file on the apartment property designated with community space at Orchard Lane,Clondalkin dated 2002.

  • Received 23 January 2017
    Decided 15 February 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 20 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Total amount of unpaid rent from the Council's social housing for 2015 and 2016.Total number of tenants availing of social housing and the number of tenants who are behind with payments for the same periods.The number of evictions recorded for 2015 and 2016.

  • Received 18 January 2017
    Decided 13 February 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 17 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records of the cost of paying litter inspectors and cleaners for the years 2014,2015 and 2016.Which areas are worst affected by dumping and how much has it cost to dispose of the litter?.

  • Received 11 January 2017
    Decided 8 February 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 08 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A PDF copy of the South Dublin County Council Wayfinding Guidelines as prepared by design consultancy fwdesign.

  • Received 11 January 2017
    Decided 8 February 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 10 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A list of websites that staff are blocked from accessing by the Council and a list of websites that staff and councillors have attempted to access,but were blocked from doing so,while using work phones,computers,tablets and other devices since January 2014.

  • Received 9 January 2017
    Decided 6 February 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 06 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Any communication made to the Council from members of the public with regard to UFOs,UFO sightings or incidents of a similar nature.

  • Received 10 January 2017
    Decided 3 February 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 07 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of houses that tenants have handed back to the Council that the Council refurbished and the total cost of doing up such housing units for the years 2015 and 2016.The names of all contractors used to repair void houses in 2016,the number of houses each contractor worked in and the total amount paid to each contractor.

  • Received 3 January 2017
    Decided 30 January 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 01 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of sleeping bags given out to rough sleepers/homeless individuals each month in 2016 in the South Dublin County Council area.

  • Received 4 January 2017
    Decided 24 January 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 03 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Number of fines for dog fouling issued by the Council every year from 2012-2016.Number of those fines each year which were for the maximum penalty of €4,000 for refusing to pay the original fine.Number of fines still unpaid from each year for 2012-2016.How much it cost the Council annually to pay for cleaning up dog foul from 2012-2016.

  • Received 19 January 2017
    Decided 24 January 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 18 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Information sought regarding the number of Council employees/name of URL filtering solution,expiry date and annual cost/name of Firewall solution,expiry date and annual cost/name of URL Sandboxing solution, expiry date and annual cost/name of Guest WIFi solution,expiry date and annual cost.

  • Received 17 January 2017
    Decided 20 January 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 14 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Can South Dublin County Council please reveal when the Foxhunter Pub site,Lucan was sold and to whom it was sold?

  • Received 20 December 2016
    Decided 19 January 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 186 16
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of all records,correspondence,communication and information held by the Council relating to alleged noise at Ashleaf Shopping Centre,Cromwellsfort Road,Dublin 12.

  • Received 19 December 2016
    Decided 18 January 2017
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 182 16
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    The name and address of the party responsible for the installation of a double concrete P&T cover on Mayberry Road,adjacent to,or close to lamp standard number 23.Secondly,details of who is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the installation cover and surround.

  • Received 17 January 2017
    Decided 17 January 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 13 17
    Requester Type Residents Association
    South Dublin County Council

    All information regarding the building of a house/wall @ 1A St.Patrick's Road,Clondalkin,Dublin 22,particular information regarding all financial cost for the construction of the wall and house.All records /files associated with the development.

  • Received 16 December 2016
    Decided 16 January 2017
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 181 16
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for all information the Council holds regarding the policies in place by the Council in respect of warnings given to wheelchair users regarding steep inclines/declines of paths,roads,highways,parks within the control of the Council.

  • Received 3 January 2017
    Decided 5 January 2017
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 02 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All records relating to the issuing of parking tickets within the South Dublin County Council area for 2016 with a breakdown by date,time and location(and size of fine if applicable).

  • Received 17 November 2016
    Decided 20 December 2016
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 168 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All internal memos and e-mails relating to Planning application no.SD14A/0035,all communications between the Council and An Bord Pleanala on the matter and all correspondence between all of the above and Lucan UnIted F.C. and all drawings.

  • Received 23 November 2016
    Decided 20 December 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 172 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copy of any minutes that contain information on the hand-over of green space for the house at 1A St.Patrick's Road,Clondalkin,copy of specification for the house,minutes of meetings referring to the house being handed over to Housing Department and any plans or requests for change of use or re-vamping of the house.

  • Received 24 November 2016
    Decided 20 December 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 174 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.Number of local authority units (a)occupied since start of 2015 and since and (b) vacant in the same period.2.Number of complaints in 2015 and since of anti-social behaviour in relation to the housing units.3.Number of actions initiated by the Council regarding such incidents.4.Number of cases in 2015 and since in which(a) the occupier either vacated or was removed from the property and(b) the number of cases in which another person e.g.complainant,neighbour vacated a property or sought a transfer as a result of the alleged anti-social behaviour.5.Details regarding all evictions/house repossessions and related activity linked to anti-social behaviour pursued by the Council since the Housing (Miscellaneous P rovisions) Act 2014 became active in April 2015. 6.The amount of money spent throughout 2015 and since by the Council on repairing the damage to properties as a result of anti-social behaviour.7.The amount of money spent throughout 2015 and since by the Council on legal fees and related costs regarding anti-social behaviour cases.8.The number of rejections in 2015 and since of an offer of a Council tenancy in which the possibility of anti-social behaviour was given as a possible reason; the overall number of rejections of offers of Council housing; the number of 'multilple rejections',e.g.,a family or individual who turned down more than one property offer;and the reasons why,e.g.,by category.

  • Received 21 November 2016
    Decided 19 December 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 170 16
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    The party or parties responsible for the installation of the steel covers marked "ntl" on the public footpath at Droim Na Coille Avenue and the party or parties responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the steel covers and the concrete margin around the covers.

  • Received 23 November 2016
    Decided 15 December 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 173 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of all insurance contracts entered into by the Council since January 1st 2012 and details of all such contracts entered into following the culmination of a public procurement process.

  • Received 26 October 2016
    Decided 7 December 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 165 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for records on the breakdown of the cost of building new playgrounds(including their locations and size) in the last 3 years as well as the breakdown of how much it has cost to repair/maintain existing playgrounds in the last 3 years up to the date of the FOI request.In terms of maintenance, details sought regarding what needed to be repaired or cleaned and what caused their state of disrepair.

  • Received 28 October 2016
    Decided 23 November 2016
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 167 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Request for information regarding the building of a house @ 1A St.Patrick's Road,Clondalkin,in particular information regarding agreement between the Council,local councillors and residents of St.Patricks that the house would be sold on the open matket and that no other dwelling could be built in the future on land beside the house.Minutes of meeting held to discuss the issue also requested.

  • Received 7 October 2016
    Decided 7 November 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 155 16
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    The name and address of the party responsible for the installation of the steel covers marked 'Telecom Eireann' outside identified properties at Sundale Parade,Jobstown,Tallaght.

  • Received 20 October 2016
    Decided 3 November 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 158 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details sought for 2014 and 2015 of cost of removing equines from public land,roads etc,cost of transporting them to pound,cost of keeping them until reclaimed/rehomed/shot,cost of shooting equines and cost of disposing of the bodies.Details also sought for 2014 and 2015 of number of equines seized,number of equines reclaimed,number of equines rehomed and number of equines shot.

  • Received 4 October 2016
    Decided 2 November 2016
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 154 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Information requested regarding the building/installation of Tara Hill Road,Rathfarnham and regarding identified properties at St.Patrick's Cottages.

  • Received 3 October 2016
    Decided 1 November 2016
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 153 16
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All documents and/or records of complaints made to the Council relating to the condition of Foxdene Drive,Clondalkin and all documents relating to the construction,repair and maintenance of Foxdene Drive,Clondalkin from August 2011 to date.

  • Received 26 September 2016
    Decided 24 October 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 149 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of all correspondence,e-mails,notes of telephone conversations between Council staff/the Council and the Department of Housing,Minister for Housing and/or Dublin Regional Homeless Executive regarding the provision of emergency housing for homeless individuals and/or homeless families since May 2016.

  • Received 20 September 2016
    Decided 20 October 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 145 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A breakdown of the €490 charge to erect a headstone i.e an itemised bill with the cost of each item.

  • Received 26 September 2016
    Decided 18 October 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 150 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of the number of absences among Council personnel on each day of the following months:September 2015 and September 1st to September 26th 2016.

  • Received 21 September 2016
    Decided 12 October 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 146 16
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Information regarding the position of underground apparatus and services for three identified areas between the M.50 Toll Bridge and Junction 6.

  • Received 8 September 2016
    Decided 5 October 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 140 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of complaints recorded by South Dublin County Council,all of its departments and councillors relating to the 2016 Marlay Park concerts.

  • Received 19 September 2016
    Decided 5 October 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 144 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.The number of traffic wardens employed in each of the years 2010-2016.2.The total number of schools that were assigned traffic wardens in the years 2010-2016.3.The total number of road rage incidents traffic wardens complained about in each of the years 2010-2016.4.A list of the types of road accidents that traffic wardens complain about.

  • Received 9 September 2016
    Decided 4 October 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 142 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All information between South Dublin County Council and the Dept.of Education and Science and O'Mahony Pike Architects Ltd.relating to the submission of the first party response to the third party appeals to An Bord Pleanala -ref.PL 06S.245985,SD15A/0226.

  • Received 2 September 2016
    Decided 30 September 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 133 16
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All records relating to all works carried out on the footpath on Neilstown Avenue,Clondalkin in the six years prior to 16.8.2016 and up to one month after that date.

  • Received 2 September 2016
    Decided 28 September 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 132 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Details requested of all the hotels,B&Bs,guesthouses etc. used by the Council for the purposes of emergency accommodation plus the amount each was paid for the period 1st January 2015 to the date of the request.Details also sought of the company or individual with whom the Council has a contract and the number of rooms provided.

  • Received 31 August 2016
    Decided 26 September 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 135 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Design drawings showing plan of the proposed services,identifying the position in the townland of Ballymakaily under the Adamstown Road(R120) Improvement Scheme.

  • Received 17 August 2016
    Decided 14 September 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 130 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of all internal memos,e-mails,all correspondence and communications between the Council and An Bord Pleanala and between all of the above and Lucan United F.C. along with all drawings related to planning application ref.no.SD14A/0035.

  • Received 16 August 2016
    Decided 13 September 2016
    Refused
    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.

  • Received 8 August 2016
    Decided 5 September 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 122 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Details requested of the capacity of the Council's graveyards/which graveyards are closed to new burials/new cemeteries planned by the Council and details of occasions when the Council has removed a body or bodies from a grave site to allow the plot to be re-used.

  • Received 28 July 2016
    Decided 26 August 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 112 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of all accidents and complaints received by the Council in respect of the public footpath which connects the R113 to Belgard Square East.

  • Received 8 August 2016
    Decided 23 August 2016
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 121 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    A breakdown of payments made by the Council as a result of compensation claims as well as a description of the case brought against the Council and a breakdown of legal costs resulting from compensation claims.

  • Received 15 August 2016
    Decided 17 August 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 126 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of severance payments made by the Council to councillors who lost their seats or retired following the local elections in 2009 and 2014 and to councillors who were forced to vacate their Council seats due to the dual mandate ban following the 2011 and 2016 general elections and 2009 and 2014 European Parliament elections.

  • Received 14 July 2016
    Decided 12 August 2016
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 100 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All records that show the number of 'ransomware attacks' in 2016,2015 and 2014 and the total amount paid over,if any.

  • Received 14 July 2016
    Decided 12 August 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 108 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of vacant units in Council ownership in 2016(to date),2015,2014 and 2013 and the total amount spent on refurbishments in 2016,2015,2014 and 2013.

  • Received 15 June 2016
    Decided 12 August 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 124 16
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    A breakdown of volumes of print (number of pages) printed by each elected representative and the number of photocopy pages printed by each representative using equipment provided by South Dublin County Council for the period January to April 2016.

  • Received 14 July 2016
    Decided 11 August 2016
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 98 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Total spent on bird-control services at landfills in 2016,2015,2014, 2013 and 2012.