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South Dublin County Council

FOI Requests — 947 requests

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    Request Reference FOI 125 20
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    All memos and management letters sent and received between the Local Government Auditor and the Council Chief Executive between 1st June 2018 and 21st August 2020.

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    Request Reference FOI 155 19
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Letter to the Council's Chief Executive introducing Hibernia Reit plc, setting out its vision for potential development of lands in the Newlands/Naas Road area and identifying high level issues to be considered and any further correspondence,memos,reports or notes created as a result of this engagement up to February 2019.

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    Request Reference FOI 126 23
    Requester Type Client
    South Dublin County Council

    Any agreements with third party providers concerning the provision of grounds keeping services / grounds maintenance for the area at Deerpark Close, Deerpark Avenue and Deerpark Drive, (Deerpark Estate) Kiltipper, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Being effective/in force for the year 2021 & 2022. In particular any third party contracts/agreements concerning the grounds maintenance of the area identified on the attached map – for example with with Circle Voluntary Housing Association CLG and Kiltipper Park Management Company Limited

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    Request Reference FOI 170 23
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Under the FOI act, 2014, Can I find out what residential properties are owned by SDCC, in the Castleview Estate in Clondalkin

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    Request Reference FOI 172 23
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: A list of upheld complaints made against councillors to the Ethics Officer or Ethics Committee within the council, going back 24 months. Please include the name of each councillor and the nature of the upheld complaints, if any. Searches of any relevant mobile phones, private email addresses and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request.

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    Request Reference FOI 145 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The amount of funding allocated to SDCC for Traveller specific accommodation from 2011 to the present date.

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    Request Reference FOI 144 17
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Any document stating the number of people in South Dublin County Council run emergency accommodation from August 2016 up to and including August 2017.

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    Request Reference FOI 146 17
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    Records of all complaints made both orally and in writing from 2016 to date in relation to overgrown/overhanging/rotten trees on Beaufort Down Estate,Rathfarnham together with copy correspondence of all action taken on foot of such complaints including,inter alia,directions/notices served on landowners.

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    Request Reference FOI 176 17
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    A detailed breakdown of the expenditure for each foreign trip undertaken by a councillor plus Council delegation in 2016 and 2017 to include names,reason for each trip,cost of each trip and a breakdown of the costs.

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    Request Reference FOI 59 21
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of correspondence between the Council's Housing Social and Community Development department and the DRHE in relation to the proposed homeless family hub at Cappaghmore, Clondalkin

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    Request Reference FOI 60 21
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Records linked to the operations contract awarded to Eria Curam Ltd. to run what is to become a homeless hub at Cappaghmore Estate, Clondalkin

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    Request Reference FOI 08 2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of travel and subsistence expense claim forms and declarations signed by the councillor in respect of a number of named councillors and specified events together with any accompanying documentation as part of those expenses claims.Reports of the events submitted by the attending councillors.Notifications made by councillors pertaining to their attendance at meetings held of another body to which they were elected,appointed or nominated in 2015,2016,2017 & 2019.

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    Request Reference FOI 29 17
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All records held by South Dublin County Council relating to materials provided from Mullagh Quarries,Bellewstown,Co.Louth to include all communications between the Council and any representative of Mullagh Quarries relating to pyrite.The request is limited to documents created since January 2008.

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    Request Reference FOI 97 19
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    South Dublin County Council

    Statistics in relation to the number of people with disabilities employed by the Council and any actions or programmes for the promotion of the employment of people with disabilities directly by the Council.

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    Request Reference FOI 78 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records of complaints made regarding dog fouling from 2014-2016,total number of fines and prosecutions and total cost to the Council of cleaning dog fouling.

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    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.

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    Request Reference FOI 185 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of affordable houses offered to members of the public to purchase in 2022. what schemes and number of units does SDCC expect to be delivered from 2023 to 2026.

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    Request Reference FOI 192 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    If any request has been made to put in cameras at Turnpike Road traffic lights and if so information of all such requests.

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    Request Reference FOI 07 2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    A copy of all audits carried out by the internal audit division of the Council in 2019 and 2020.

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    Request Reference FOI 09 21
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    1. Number of engineering staff for whom the Council paid or reimbursed either in part or full their annual membership fees for Engineers Ireland for the years 2018 and 2019. 2. A list of all and any other professional subscriptions either paid or reimbursed,partly or fully, by the Council for any staff member during 2018 and 2019.

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    Request Reference FOI 20 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of any internal audit reports completed in the period 2019 and 2020.

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    Request Reference FOI 17 20
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Minutes of all meetings of the Local Enterprise Office board/governing authority/management committee held in 2019.

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    Request Reference FOI 239 19
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of how much it costs the Council to advertise a dog litter advertisement on Dublin's Q102.

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    Request Reference FOI 99 16
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Number of refugee families taken in by the Council during 2014-2016,number of refugees housed/pledged to take in during 2014-2016 and amount spent on refugee accommodation in 2014-2016.

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    Request Reference FOI 61 19
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The following records requested in relation to slurry spreading inspections: Number of inspections carried out by the Council in 2018/2019 closed period on farms which applied to spread slurry after 15th October 2018,outline of the assessment process for inspections,number of farmers fined(if any) as a result of these inspections,top five reasons why farmers were fined,the number of inspections carried out in the2017/2018 closed period on farms which applied to spread slurry after 15th October 2017 and also for the 2016/2017 closed period on farms which applied to spread slurry after 15th October 2016.

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    Request Reference FOI 36 18
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of drivers who were issued a parking fine or clamped for illegally parking in a disabled bay in the Council's area broken down by year over the past five years and the amount of revenue this has yielded and where the money was distributed.

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    Request Reference FOI 50 17
    Requester Type Residents Association
    South Dublin County Council

    All minutes,documentation and memoranda relating to any Council interaction/engagement/activity concerning either (a)the property known as Orlagh College at Oldcourt Road,D16(b)property known as Stewarts House(of the Massey Estate) located at Kilakee Road,DI6 or (c)Edmondstown Mill(otherwise known as the "Chemserve" Laundry facility located opposite Edmondstown Golf Course,D16;in each case in respect of any potential evaluation of any of the said premises for acquisition(whether by by purchase,lease or otherwise) by SDCC for any purpose whatsoever between the period 2014-2017.

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    Request Reference FOI 115 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of new rental properties registered with SDCC between the beginning and end of each year from 2017 to 2021. The total number of rental properties registered with SDCC at the end of each year from 2017 to 2021. The number of properties inspected for rental standards by SCCc each year from 2017 to 2021.The number of properties found to have failed inspection at the end of each year between 2017 and 2021 and any reason for their failure. The number of properties inspected by SDCC from the beginning of 2022 to the date this request is received. The number of properties found to have failed rental standards inspection from the beginning of 2022 to the date this request is received. The number of new rental properties registered with SDCC from the beginning of 2022 to the date this request is received. The number of staff who carried out an inspection in each of the years between 2017 and 2021 and the number of inspections each staff member carried out.

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

    Records from 1.1.21 – 31.12.21 relating to the number of parking tickets issued to vehicles that infringed parking regulations, including (a) the total number of fines issued within this period (b) the total number of fines issued for using disabled parking spaces within this period (c) the total number of total monies received from fines issued within this period (d) the total number of unpaid fines as of 9.2.22 (e) the total number of fines issued within this period that were successfully appealed (f) the top 5 streets or car parks in which fines were issued & number of fines issued on those streets/car parks within this period (g) policy for seeking remuneration for payment and non-payment of fines

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    Request Reference FOI 21 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records from 1.1.19 – 31.12.21 of the number of fines issued for (a) illegal dumping & (b) littering including a breakdown of the number of these fines paid full, the number of these fines that were cancelled or struck out, the number of successful prosecutions, the number of legal proceedings that are still underway and the policy for seeking remuneration for payment and non-payment of fines.

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    Request Reference FOI 114 22
    Requester Type Client
    South Dublin County Council

    Records held by SDCC, the independent medical referee or any of its service providers evidencing: 1)The number of applications received by SDCC and the independent medical referee requesting a medical priority to attach to an applicant/s’ application for social housing supports in the years 2022 to date, 2021, 2020 and 2019. 2)The average length of time between an application for medical priority being received by SDCCl and the independent medical referee and a decision being made in relation to same in the years 2022 to date, 2021, 2020 and 2019. 3). Any policy documents or guidelines followed by SDCC and the independent medical referee in determining an applicant/'s’ eligibility for medical priority to attach to their application for social housing supports. To include all considerations regarding the relevant evaluation, assessment process and the applicable qualitative criteria. 40 Of the total number of applications for medical priority to attach to an application for social housing supports received by SDCC and the independent medical referee in the years 2022 to date, 2021, 2020 and 2019, the percentage figure of successful applications, i.e. where medical priority was awarded. 5). The number of independent medical referees in the employ of SDCC. 6). Contracted by SDCC for the purposes of evaluating medical priority housing application

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    Request Reference FOI 69 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Release of information about assaults on council staff that have occurred between 2018 and the present date, specifically the number of staff working for or on behalf of the council who have informed the council that they have been assaulted by a member of the public in the course of their work, broken down by year and job type (e.g. litter warden, traffic enforcement), and details of any action taken.

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    Request Reference FOI 36 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of leased class A open space that SDCC has approved. Details of any lease arrangement that was connected to the access of Immigration Investor Programme Funding under the INIS Dept of Justice scheme.

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    Request Reference FOI 92 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Release of copies or transcripts of incidents described in logbooks compiled by lifeguards working for the council during 2021 and so far this year.

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    Request Reference FOI 32 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Whether claim for funds above the original contract have been made for the SDCC site bordering Homeville Court and the Firhouse Rd.

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    Request Reference FOI 20 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of council houses owned by the local authority as of the most recent date. The locations of these households, city area or similar. The respective energy (BER) rating of these properties.

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    Request Reference FOI 24 22
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Information on who the contractor / contractors were working on the road between Roadstone Roundabout and the Naas Road flyover R136 on a certain date

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    Request Reference FOI 34 22
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Responsibility for maintenance and upkeep of NTL cover at a named location? Confirmation under the directions for control and management of roadworks, that utility companies are responsible for the maintenance of their manhole chambers and other iron works and the 300mm surrounding strip on the footpath and any claims arising.

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    Request Reference FOI 49 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All notes and survey results from the 2021 tree maintenance programme conducted in the Carriglea Estate, Firhouse, Dublin 24 for each tree in the estate, inclusive of all trees on: Carriglea Drive, Carriglea Avenue, Carriglea Downs, Carriglea Walk, Carriglea Court, Carriglea View, Carriglea Rise, Carriglea Grove. Who conducted the survey(s) and what arboriculture qualifications do they hold? All notes, emails, reports, records, and correspondence relating to this tree and the decision to remove a tree at a location in Carriglea. The official instruction by South Dublin County Council to the contractors in their employment on a certain date to remove this tree. All submissions relating to this tree since a certain date. The monetary value of this tree (prior to a certain date) as per the standard amenity tree valuation system (CAVAT system or Helliwell system) used by South Dublin County Council to place a monetary value on each tree.

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    Request Reference FOI 66 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    The number of boarded up homes in South Dublin and the reasons for these homes being boarded up, including how many council owned homes are boarded up?

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    Request Reference FOI 06 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Correspondence between CCMA and SDCC on concerning certain issues related to the alleged payment of ‘protection money’ at local authority construction sites.

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    Request Reference FOI 12 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    All records relating to parking fines issued for the 2021 calendar year with a breakdown by date, time and location, type of offence (and size of fine if applicable)

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    Request Reference FOI 121 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copy of the construction management plan relating to: Clondalkin Enterprise Centre, Watery Lane, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.SDCC. Document requested : "construction management plan" as detailed on page 8 of the An Bord Pleanála appeal decision document located on SDCC planning website.

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    Request Reference FOI 04 22
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Access to copy of the Tourism Product and Proposition Plan for Lucan questionnaire and information on and the results of the survey undertaken.

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    Request Reference FOI 102 22
    Requester Type Client
    South Dublin County Council

    Information pertaining to the existing SIAC Asphalt Plant, located at Monastery Road, Clondalkin Dublin 22.

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    Request Reference FOI 73 22
    Requester Type Business
    South Dublin County Council

    Application forms for each of the funding requests and Official responses issued to Ballyboden Tidy Towns for each of the refusals

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    Request Reference FOI 81 22
    Requester Type Member of public
    South Dublin County Council

    An electronic summary (receipts, budgets, total expenditures, etc.) of local authority spending for all steps involved in the Sean Walsh Park to date - mini woodlands project, including money spent on planning/consultancy, environmental assessment, communications, and implementation.