Connolly and Drogheda Hospitals
Connolly Hospital must comply with its statutory obligations and
remain within its allocated budget for this year. Every effort is
being made to do this in a way that has the least impact on patients
and clients.
Dublin City
The Flood Disaster In Dublin. Fine Gael councillors give their analysis
Alert from MET Eireann
Report is an interim report data to be collected over the coming
weeks and months.5pages of background before the flood on Monday 24th
October is addressed.Has DCC an overall picture at this stage,2 weeks
later if not why not?
Buses in Northwest
We heard a good presentation from the 19 bus campaign and Derek Keating of Dublin Bus at the North East Area Committee.I have asked that the 19 and 19A be re-instated at rush hours only as a compromise in response to public demands. I support the 40 route across Tolka Valley Road, up Cardiffsbridge Road and around the west.
Dublin Water Consumption
Question to City Manager City Council Meeting 03/10/2011
Q17. COUNCILLOR BILL TORMEY
To ask the City Manager what is the current production and consumption of water in Dublin.
CITY MANAGER’S REPLY:
Production and Dublin Region Consumption information for Sept 2011 (all figures are in Megalitres/day)
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Poolbeg Incinerator – October 2011
Question to City Manager City Council Meeting 03/10/2011
Q16. COUNCILLOR BILL TORMEY
To ask the City Manager for an opinion on the likely course of
development of the Poolbeg Incinerator and the current tonnage of
incinerator waste likely to be transported there for incineration?
How does the gate price compare with similar facilities in the UK,
Holland and Germany?
Poolbeg Incinerator – Covanta – Dublin City Council and the Irish Government
The position on the Waste to Energy Facility is as follows.
Under the terms of the Project Agreement signed by the parties to the Agreement, Covanta was obliged to proceed to construct the facility, using their own funds, provided all the conditions precedent were met by 4th September 2010. (Conditions precedent included things such as securing planning permission, securing an EPA licence for the facility etc.) One of the conditions was the securing of a foreshore licence for access to the river via a cooling water channel to provide water to the plant for cooling purposes. The granting or otherwise of this foreshore licence was within the remit of the Minister for the Environment. The Minister did not issue the licence and as a result DCC used its powers of compulsory purchase to acquire the access but this was not completed by 4th September.
Aviva Stadium – second rate, inadequate and badly designed
I read that this monstrosity won an award last year.
It gets the Bill award for access inconvenience, design incompetence
and sheer stupidity.
I paid good money for seats in he East Lower stand. To be rained on
and miserable on a regular basis for a stadium opened in 2010, not
1910 is a remarkable feat of incompetent design and engineering. The
exit designs are awkward and the stewarding officious. Generally not a
good place.
Croke Park is MASSIVELY superior.
Fair dues to the GAA
RAY YEATES APPOINTED DUBLIN CITY ARTS OFFICER
I have known Ray Yeates for a at least seven years. He is a wonderful leader of the Arts in Ballymun. When I find someone with obvious expertise in an atrea that I am unfamiliar, I watch and listen to them for some time and then adopt them as ‘de facto’ advisers. Ray has been someone I have looked to in the cultural area in Ballymun. The AXIS is a cornerstone of the community. He identifies and enourages atristic talent and brings performance and development out from the inner person in many areas of brain activity. I am really glad that he has been appointed to the city and he is worth his wages despite some of Marc Coleman’s barbs about the payscales.
Keep pace with Dublin City
Tom Coffey probably does not want this broadcast but here goes. It is a clear message to the cost base of the city centre, I support the
city centre as THE place for business. Lets make sure it turns round.
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Dublin Port
Damien kiberd wites of the success of Dublin Port in the Sunday Times today. Since 1987 Dublin Port has invested €280 million in fixed assets yet only owes €30 million. Inn 2009, turnover was €63 million but earnings before interest , tax, depreciation and amortisation was €32 million. Annual pension bill is €6.5 million. Volume grew by 6.1% in 2010 and exports were up 12.6%. In Q1, 2011 volumes are up another 3%.It handles 50% of country’s trade. Turnaround time for vessels is two hours to unload and relaod big ships.
Peal volumes were in 2007 at 31 m tonnes and this year is likely to be back at 29m tonnes which is big considering the 20%+ GDP economic crash.
Last year, 130,000 tourists visited the city via cruise ships from 85 landings. 1.8 million visited through the port.
Dublin Port is projecting growth at 2.5% per year up to 2040. It will need another 100 acres (40 hectares of land). A plan to reclaim 21 hactares near the Bull Wall is likely to get Baywatch etc in a big sweat. There is another plan to fill in 14 hectares in the South Docks. I am on record as supporting the Dublin Port plans but I am in a minority on Dublin City Council as far as I know.