April 2017 Meeting of Carrick on Shannon Municipal District Meeting
April 2017 Meeting of Carrick on Shannon Municipal District Meeting
Notice of Motions in the name of Cllr Sinead Guckian
At the April meeting of Carrick on Shannon Municipal District I will ask the Senior Engineer to have maintenance and cleaning carried out on the flyover bridge, Drumsna. The flyover, which is at an important entrance to the village, has not been cleaned or maintained for many years and the surface and railings are unsightly. The work required is beyond the capability of the local voluntary tidy towns group, Drumsna Development Association, but this piece of infrastructures current state needs to be addressed prior to the annual national Tidytowns adjudication.
REPLY FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SERVICES:
The maintenance of structures on the national road network is the responsibility of the TII. We will inform the TII of your request.
RESPONDING TO THE REPLY
Cllr Sinead Guckian advised the meeting that she had previously spoke with the Senior Executive Engineer, and requested that the maintenance would be carried in 2016. She advised members that she received a verbal reply on that occasion; that the TII said it wasn’t in their 2016 schedule of works. She welcomed the support of the members in calling on the TII to ensure that this work is included in their 2017 programme. She also requested a written copy of the TII’s response to this call to ensure that the Drumsna Development Association would have a copy of same, to ensure that they were not penalised in the National Tidytowns competition for the lack of progress on this maintenance work.
Notice of Motions in the name of Cllr Sinead Guckian
At the April meeting of Carrick on Shannon Municipal District, I will ask for the support of Members to reiterate our Councils call in January, on the ETB and the Minister for Education, Richard Bruton TD, to intervene and address the current situation where students in Leitrim have no access to the Leaving Certificate Applied Course, or a dedicated YouthReach Service, in their own county. Since our request we have only received an acknowledgement from the Ministers office and meanwhile students who wish to complete the Leaving Cert Applied Course have no indication what is going to happen with their futures.
RESPONDING TO THE REPLY
Cllr Sinead Guckian welcomed the support of all members on her motion. She said it was a very worrying situation to see such little progress to date on such a serious matter.
