Portrait of Norma Sammon

Norma Sammon


Electoral history


  1. Feb 2016 Noel Rock resigned from the council and was replaced by Norma Sammon

Votes


To prepare and debate a study on the feasibility of delivering public, cost-rental housing on council-owned lands before disposing of the O'Devaney Gardens or Oscar Traynor Rd sites
Against
19 Nov 2018
Approving the council's plan to spruce up Cathedral Street and Sackville Place.
For
14 May 2018
Inviting the NTA and Dublin Bus to the next City Council meeting to brief members on city centre traffic plans
For
5 Feb 2018
On the "Clontarf Sea Wall", on the proposal to modify the flood defense. It relates to Report No. 355/2017.
For
8 Jan 2018
Call to remove Conor Skehan as chair of the Housing Agency.
Against
8 Jan 2018
A call to rehouse 14 homeless families, evicted from the Gresham Hotel.
Against
8 Jan 2018
A vote in relation to managing traffic around College Green, calling on the chief executive to not make any changes before a planning hearing happens.
For
8 Jan 2018
On the procedures to delete people from Dublin's roll of honour. Because the honour had only been revoked once before, in 1915, councillors had to agree the procedure in place now. This relates to Report No. 417/2017.
Against
13 Dec 2017
On removing Burma/Myanmar's politician Aung San Suu Kyi from Dublin's roll of honour.
For
13 Dec 2017
On whether to defer the removal of Bob Geldof from the Roll of Honour for three months.
Against
13 Dec 2017
To remove Bob Geldof from the roll of honour.
For
13 Dec 2017
On whether to proceed with a public-private partnership to build social housing in Scribblestown.
For
4 Dec 2017
Suspension of Standing Orders to allow for the consideration of an emergency motion relating to the Freedom of the City and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Against
13 Nov 2017
Whether to not approve the annual council budget for 2018, and instead to seek a meeting with the Minister for Housing to get money to build more on public land.
Against
13 Nov 2017
A vote to set the "vacancy refund rate" at 40 percent for 2018. This refund rate is the amount that owners of vacant commercial property are given back, from their commercial rates payments.
Against
13 Nov 2017
Adopting the 2018 budget.
For
13 Nov 2017
Setting the annual rate on valuation, also known as "commercial rates".
For
13 Nov 2017
Clontarf Cycle Route: should the council get an independent opinion on whether the public consultation was done correctly?
Against
6 Nov 2017
On the amount of social and affordable housing on the Poolbeg SDZ.
Against
2 Oct 2017
A vote to reduce the Local Property Tax by 5% for 2018.
Against
19 Sep 2017
To reduce the Local Property Tax by 15% for 2018.
For
19 Sep 2017
A call to review the housing list, in light of the number of people who have been removed from it.
Against
4 Sep 2017
To approve the renewal of Dublin City Centre Business Improvement Districts (BID) scheme, also known as DublinTown. This relates to Report No. 258/2017. (There was also a vote to defer this, put forward by Councillor Mannix Flynn but that suggestion was defeated.)
For
4 Sep 2017
Amending the draft Ballymun Local Area Plan by deleting the paragraph regarding a reduction of car parking standards.
Against
11 Jul 2017
Recognising the need for additional social and affordable homes in Ballymun.
For
11 Jul 2017
Naming a street after Savita Halappanavar.
For
12 Jun 2017
On controlling and culling Herring Gulls.
For
12 Jun 2017
To require all developments over a certain size in the Poolbeg SDZ to provide 5% of units for social, cultural, creative and artistic purposes. It relates to motion 1046.
Against
18 May 2017
To relocate the proposed commercial buffer at the Poolbeg SDZ. It relates to motion 1049.
Against
18 May 2017
To relocate the proposed commercial buffer at the Poolbeg SDZ. It relates to motion 1093.
Against
18 May 2017
To relocate the proposed commercial buffer at the Poolbeg SDZ. It relates to motion 1095.
Against
18 May 2017
Of the 3,500 new homes permissible on the Poolbeg SDZ under this planning scheme, 900 will be delivered as either social and/or affordable units, and, in addition, Dublin City Council will be given an option to acquire 100 housing units at market rate.
For
18 May 2017
A vote on whether to dispose of a site to Oaklee Housing Trust Limited. This relates to Report No. 168/2017.
For
8 May 2017
Calling on the government to hold a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment of the Constitution.
For
6 Mar 2017
To award the Freedom of the City to Michelle and Barack Obama.
For
6 Feb 2017
On the Housing Lands Initiative, including O'Devaney Gardens, St Michael's Estate, and Oscar Traynor Road.
For
9 Jan 2017
A vote on the report to adopt new speed limits bye laws, including extra 30km/hr zones in the Dublin City Council area.
For
5 Dec 2016
Reduction of Vacancy Refund Rate by 5% to 45%
Against
14 Nov 2016
To increase funding for Cleansing Support in Business Areas; Dublin Bikes and Arts and Commemorations. To reduce Vacancy Refund Rate; reduce the proposed boiler charge; and increase Commercial Rates.
Against
14 Nov 2016
To set the rate of valuation at 0.257 for the coming year.
Against
14 Nov 2016
Mandating the tArdmhéara to seek an urgent delegation meeting with the Minister for Housing at which the Minister will set out how he intends to provide the required increased capital allocation for housing for Dublin City Council 2017-2019.
For
14 Nov 2016
Vote on whether to go ahead with putting up an advertising structure on Shelbourne Road in Dublin 4. (Part of the deal on how to fund DublinBike.)
For
7 Nov 2016
Vote on works on Charlemont Street footpath.
For
7 Nov 2016
Vote on whether to go ahead and put up advertising structures in Donnybrook in Dublin 4. (Part of the deal on how to fund DublinBike.)
For
7 Nov 2016
Vote on whether to put up an advertising structure at the junction of Pembroke Road and Herbert Park in Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. (Part of the deal on how to fund DublinBike.)
For
7 Nov 2016
Ceisteanna fé Bhuan Ordú Úimhir 16
For
3 Oct 2016
A motion that Dublin City Council condemns and opposes the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by the US military.
Abstain
3 Oct 2016
A motion calling on RTE to make their lands available for "modular housing".
For
3 Oct 2016
To change the plan for the development of council-owned lands at Oscar Traynor Road from a public-private partnership, to publicly owned government-developed social and affordable housing.
Against
3 Oct 2016
On including artistic and cultural spaces in large developments, under the development plan.
For
23 Sep 2016
To limit the height of development on the Oscar Traynor Road land to six storeys.
For
23 Sep 2016
Setting height limits for developments in the inner and outer city.
For
23 Sep 2016
Zoning for an open space on Bridgefoot Street.
For
23 Sep 2016
On affordable and social housing on the O'Devaney Gardens site in the development plan.
For
23 Sep 2016
To keep the Greenmount Industrial Estate in Harold's Cross zoned as Z6 in the development plan.
Against
23 Sep 2016
On fast-food outlets and restrictions in the city development plan on how close to schools they can be.
For
23 Sep 2016
Rezoning the DIT building, Rathmines College.
Against
23 Sep 2016
Rescinding the council's decision of 25 July 2016 to support the development of a pilot scheme of 100% public, mixed-income housing on the O'Devaney Gardens site, and instead supporting the provision of 30% social & 20% affordable and cost rental on the site.
For
22 Sep 2016
Reducing the local property tax by 15% for 2017.
For
22 Sep 2016
Moving the Parnell Monument to another location on O’Connell Street.
For
5 Sep 2016
Calling for the extension of the dublinbikes scheme in the South Central area.
Against
5 Sep 2016
Supporting the development of a pilot scheme of 100% public, mixed-income housing on the O'Devaney Gardens site.
Against
25 Jul 2016
A vote on the council's position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
Against
4 Jul 2016