Lucinda Creighton TD, Dublin South East, today called on the CIE to set up a fund to benefit the inner city communities who will be most affected by the construction of the Dart Underground system. In her submission to An Bord Pleanala she called on CIE to follow the example of the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company and fund cultural, social and sporting projects in the area.

She stated: “The residents in the Boyne St and Sandwith St area face many years of disruption and nuisance during the construction of a station here. Everything possible must be done to minimise this disruption.

“If development goes ahead as planned, the least that CIE can do would be to set up a fund of an adequate amount of money for the local community. This fund could be managed by a board consisting of local residents, elected representatives and representatives of CIE, and could be put towards providing social, cultural and sporting facilities in the immediate area of the development at Pearse Station. This would be a simple way of ensuring that some benefit would accrue to the local community during what will be a difficult time for them.

“A similar community fund has been set up by the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company, and it has disbursed funds to a range of projects, from whiteboards for a national school to summer outings for active retirement groups. While a community fund cannot fully compensate residents for the disruption, it would be a positive step by CIE to ensure that they maintain good relations with their inner city neighbours.”

I am regularly contacted by constituents affected by unemployment who need information on education and training opportunities, social welfare entitlements, and other information related to coping with the recession. To address these matters I have arranged a public information seminar on unemployment issues. I held one recently in the Dublin 4 area that was very well attended, so I am now organising a second one.

Lucinda

Venue: Garda Club, 8-10 Harrington St, Portobello, Dublin 8

When: 21st June 2010, 7:00PM

Participants:

I am regularly contacted by constituents affected by unemployment who need information on education and training opportunities, social welfare entitlements, and other information related to coping with the recession. To address these matters I have arranged a public information seminar on unemployment issues.

Lucinda

Participants:

Latest Report from Dublin City Council – Friday 26th February

The water supply situation has been stabilised to the point where we are now in a position to lift all restrictions on supply with effect from this evening (Feb 26th).

The lifting of restrictions will result in a rise in demand. The level of increase will dictate whether it will be necessary to re-introduce restrictions in the coming days.

Essential maintenance work at the water treatment plants has commenced and will be ongoing for the next number of months. This should not impact on our ability to supply unless the level of demand rises further for whatever reason or problems arise at the plants. (more…)

Lucinda recently contacted Dublin City Council again to complain about the lack of communication with local residents and businesses about what exactly is happening with the water supply, when they should expect cuts, and when they can expect normal service to resume. She also complained that certain areas are taking the brunt of the cuts in way which seems unfair and unequitable. She reseived the following response, which although lengthy, is worth reproducing in full, as it deals with Sandymount, Rathmines and other areas of Dublin South East as well as giving an overview of the situation.

Update on the Water Supply Situation February 5th 2010

At the City Council Meeting on 1st February 2010 it was agreed that a further report on the water supply situation would be issued. The situation since Monday night has been somewhat difficult. Due to the continuous high level of demand being placed on the Roundwood Water Treatment Plant and the necessity to carry out essential filter bed cleaning works there has been a reduction of 15 million litres per day in output from the plant. Coupled with this a rise in demand occurred when some restrictions were eased in order to improve levels of service to customers. (more…)