A chairde,
· Management Company Issues
A number of residents have already signed the Mayor’s on-line petition regarding the democratic control of Management Companies by residents. If you wish to join the petition, email this sentence to michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie.
“I call on the government to implement the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission on the regulation of management companies. I support the right of residents to take control of their management company”.
Alternatively, you can sign the petition at Main Street, Ongar Village on Saturday 18th April, 11.30 – 2.00pm.
The petition will be submitted immediately after Easter at the start of the new Dáil session.
· School Matters
Contracts have been signed for the New Pobalscoil Setanta. As chairperson of the Management Board, I welcome the new educational campus as it will provide a community and recreational complex as well as a state-of-the-art school building. The Department of Education will contribute €20 million and Fingal €4 million towards the community/sport element.
A number of residents have spoken to me about concerns they have about the new buildings, including height, sound insulation, position of the building, pedestrian entrances, light pollution at night and similar issues. I am arranging for residents’ representatives to meet with the builders to discuss some of the technical issues and I am alerting Fingal’s planners to the issues relevant to them.
The ideal outcome is that the school building would be progressed with as many as possible of the residents’ concerns addressed.
Again, may I commend the work of the Latchford/Castlegrange Residents Committee under Chairman Conor Deane. I look forward to continuing to work with them.
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087 2207798 or email michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Information re Porters Gate & Mount Symon Apr 09
A brief update on some local issues from Cllr Michael O’Donovan
Local Developments:
A “freeze” by Government on spending Development Levies already collected by Fingal is putting some long promised works in danger. These monies (about €70 million) were collected from developers, but are in reality paid for by ordinary homeowners as part of the price of their house. To block the use of this money for necessary infrastructure is a betrayal of people who bought their homes and “bought into” a certain level of service. I have written to Minister Gormley requesting him to meet Fingal Councillors and officials and I’m waiting for a reply.
The Park-and-Ride system and traffic management system for Porters Gate is a possible casualty of this decision, but the reversal of the Clonsilla One-Way System is a more modest job and I am confident that, once it’s passed at Council, we can get it done.
Beechpark Estate Playground:
For those with younger children, the good news is that we hope to open the car park and playground in Beechpark on or about the 20th May. By then, we should also have exchanged the final legal documents to take ownership of the walled gardens. (Some long standing residents of Clonsilla tell me they remember buying plants and shrubs there in the mid 1970s). Restoring them will be more difficult.
Planning Matters:
Council planners have referred the proposals for an apartment development between Mount Symon and Porters Gate back to the developers with a number of requests including:-
Better protection for trees and hedgerows
Greater distance from the backs of existing houses
Additional landscapes
Traffic measures
Fewer units
More 3-bedroom units rather than 2-beds
Safer footpaths.
However, the Council planners have not asked the developers to lessen the height (up to 5 storeys) of the development. We may need to take this all the way to An Bord Pleannala .
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087-2207798 or e-mail michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
Yours sincerely,
Cllr. Michael O’Donovan
Local Councillor – Clonsilla Area
Printed on Recycled Paper
Local Developments:
A “freeze” by Government on spending Development Levies already collected by Fingal is putting some long promised works in danger. These monies (about €70 million) were collected from developers, but are in reality paid for by ordinary homeowners as part of the price of their house. To block the use of this money for necessary infrastructure is a betrayal of people who bought their homes and “bought into” a certain level of service. I have written to Minister Gormley requesting him to meet Fingal Councillors and officials and I’m waiting for a reply.
The Park-and-Ride system and traffic management system for Porters Gate is a possible casualty of this decision, but the reversal of the Clonsilla One-Way System is a more modest job and I am confident that, once it’s passed at Council, we can get it done.
Beechpark Estate Playground:
For those with younger children, the good news is that we hope to open the car park and playground in Beechpark on or about the 20th May. By then, we should also have exchanged the final legal documents to take ownership of the walled gardens. (Some long standing residents of Clonsilla tell me they remember buying plants and shrubs there in the mid 1970s). Restoring them will be more difficult.
Planning Matters:
Council planners have referred the proposals for an apartment development between Mount Symon and Porters Gate back to the developers with a number of requests including:-
Better protection for trees and hedgerows
Greater distance from the backs of existing houses
Additional landscapes
Traffic measures
Fewer units
More 3-bedroom units rather than 2-beds
Safer footpaths.
However, the Council planners have not asked the developers to lessen the height (up to 5 storeys) of the development. We may need to take this all the way to An Bord Pleannala .
If you wish to contact me on these or any other issues, feel free to phone 087-2207798 or e-mail michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
Yours sincerely,
Cllr. Michael O’Donovan
Local Councillor – Clonsilla Area
Printed on Recycled Paper
Management Petition
MANAGEMENT COMPANIES – CHANGE THE LAW NOW!
A message from Cllr Michael O’Donovan inviting residents to sign a petition for tough new laws on management companies.
The issue of the role of management companies in apartment complexes and housing development is still a thorny one.The Law Reform Commission has proposed changes in the law to ensure that residents, not developers, run the management of estates or apartment complexes. These are solid, practical and progressive recommendations, but the report has gathered dust on the Minister’s shelf for over a year.
I am inviting residents who live in “managed” estates to sign a petition calling on the Government to enact immediately the new laws required to give residents full democratic control of their management company. Where management companies are necessary (e.g. in an apartment building), we call for “not-for-profit” companies, and owners’ management companies. It is simply wrong that homeowners should be asked pay extortionate fees for basic services in their homes and neighbourhoods.
You can:-
Ø Sign the Petition ..... or
Ø Post your comments to the Mayor’s Office, Dublin 15 ….. or
Ø E-mail me this single sentence –
“I call on the Government to implement immediately the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission on the regulation of Management Companies”.
Your comments will be added to the petition, and it will be presented to the Government at Easter.
___________________________________
Cllr Michael O’Donovan
Local Councillor – Ongar/Castaheany area
A message from Cllr Michael O’Donovan inviting residents to sign a petition for tough new laws on management companies.
The issue of the role of management companies in apartment complexes and housing development is still a thorny one.The Law Reform Commission has proposed changes in the law to ensure that residents, not developers, run the management of estates or apartment complexes. These are solid, practical and progressive recommendations, but the report has gathered dust on the Minister’s shelf for over a year.
I am inviting residents who live in “managed” estates to sign a petition calling on the Government to enact immediately the new laws required to give residents full democratic control of their management company. Where management companies are necessary (e.g. in an apartment building), we call for “not-for-profit” companies, and owners’ management companies. It is simply wrong that homeowners should be asked pay extortionate fees for basic services in their homes and neighbourhoods.
You can:-
Ø Sign the Petition ..... or
Ø Post your comments to the Mayor’s Office, Dublin 15 ….. or
Ø E-mail me this single sentence –
“I call on the Government to implement immediately the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission on the regulation of Management Companies”.
Your comments will be added to the petition, and it will be presented to the Government at Easter.
___________________________________
Cllr Michael O’Donovan
Local Councillor – Ongar/Castaheany area
Labour Poster for Local Election 2009
Vote 1
Local Election Candidate Fingal County Council
O’Donovan
Michael
Michael O’Donovan lives and works in Dublin 15 and he is firmly committed to that community, as is clearly demonstrated by his work record on the County Council.
Along with his Labour Dáil colleague Joan Burton T.D., he campaigns on a range of issues including
• Job creation
• High Quality permanent school facilities for all
pupils
• Green spaces and sports facilities
• Retention of services at Connolly Hospital
• Better Council services
• Urgently needed tougher laws to regulate planning
and the working of management companies
• Protection of our threatened Green Belts
• More community policing
• Affordable housing for first-time buyers
• Protection of our cultural and architectural heritage.
Michael says; “The people of Greater Blanchardstown need strong determined councillors who have a vision for the future and who will campaign on behalf of the community, not vested interests.”
As a parent, educationalist, community activist and local representative, Michael knows what we need to make the Dublin 15 community a better place. He is currently Mayor of Fingal.
Michael serves as a Board of Management member at Riversdale College, Hartstown Community School, Pobalscoil Setanta (Ongar) and St Philips National School. He is also a director of the Blakestown Mountview Youth Initiative and a leading member of the Hospital Action Group.
Mobile: 087 2207798Email: michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
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Local Election Candidate Fingal County Council
O’Donovan
Michael
Michael O’Donovan lives and works in Dublin 15 and he is firmly committed to that community, as is clearly demonstrated by his work record on the County Council.
Along with his Labour Dáil colleague Joan Burton T.D., he campaigns on a range of issues including
• Job creation
• High Quality permanent school facilities for all
pupils
• Green spaces and sports facilities
• Retention of services at Connolly Hospital
• Better Council services
• Urgently needed tougher laws to regulate planning
and the working of management companies
• Protection of our threatened Green Belts
• More community policing
• Affordable housing for first-time buyers
• Protection of our cultural and architectural heritage.
Michael says; “The people of Greater Blanchardstown need strong determined councillors who have a vision for the future and who will campaign on behalf of the community, not vested interests.”
As a parent, educationalist, community activist and local representative, Michael knows what we need to make the Dublin 15 community a better place. He is currently Mayor of Fingal.
Michael serves as a Board of Management member at Riversdale College, Hartstown Community School, Pobalscoil Setanta (Ongar) and St Philips National School. He is also a director of the Blakestown Mountview Youth Initiative and a leading member of the Hospital Action Group.
Mobile: 087 2207798Email: michael.odonovan@fingalcoco.ie
Vote 2 Nulty
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