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On foot of a motion I tabled earlier in the year, representatives of the Department of Defence will appear before a meeting of the Kildare Area Committee on September 15. I thought it might be useful to share the questions I have submitted in advance. Can the Department outline the security deficiencies they see with the Barracks site, [...] Questions Motions Kildare Councillor Tony O’Donnell has lodged a formal objection to a controversial planned biomass power plant at Toughers Business Park, Newbridge. Cllr. O’Donnell has been working with local residents’ associations to highlight the issue, and there now exists a broad campaign of objection across local residents, businesses and the bloodstock industry. “This is the wrong technology, in the [...] At our recent Kildare Area Committee meeting I requested a detailed report on the new water supply in the town. This supply is a blend of our previous Poulaphouca water and a new supply from a wellfield in Thomastown. The new blended water is significantly harder than the water we are used to. While this high [...] Kildare County Council yesterday (26/07/10) gave unanimous support to an amended traffic management plan (TMP) for Kildare Town. The plan, originally produced in 2008, generated significant public concern when it went on display, and area councillors Tony O’Donnell (FG) and Suzanne Doyle (FF) insisted on a set of amendments in order to reflect the issues raised by residents and businesses. The plan [...] At yesterday’s full Council meeting, we approved an amended traffic management plan (TMP) for Kildare Town. The plan was originally put on public display in the summer of 2008, and at the time I submitted a detailed response as part of the public consultation. My particular issues then were around the terms of reference, the effect on [...] Questions 1. Can the engineer investigate the exit from Rathbride Abbey to the main road with particular regard to the site lines back towards the Curragh? 2. Can the engineer provide an update on the delivery of members’ discretionary fund projects? 3. Can the engineer investigate the site lines at the junction of the road from Great Connell to [...] At a packed public meeting last night called by local councillor Tony O’Donnell, Kildare residents expressed anger over the town’s new blended water supply. Cllr. O’Donnell called the meeting in response to numerous complaints from residents that the new blended supply was damaging domestic appliances and causing skin irritations. The new supply has been rolled out on a [...] In the last few weeks, I’ve been learning a lot about the challenges faced by parents with special needs children across the spectrum from behavioural conditions like ADHD and autism through to profound physical and mental disabilities. They have enormous and consuming issues to deal with, and it seems that the State is profoundly underequipped to [...] Questions 1. Can the engineer review the junction between the Monasterevin Road and the road to Ellistown with regard to the safety of traffic exiting from Ellistown? Motions |
Tony O'Donnell is a Fine Gael member of Kildare County Council in the Kildare LEA. He is a 30 year old engineer living in Kildare Town. You can read more by clicking About Tony O'Donnell. |
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