Seán Paul Mahon
Electoral history
- Feb 2016 Seán Haughey resigned from the council and was replaced by Seán Paul Mahon
Votes
To allow 'log cabins' and similar structures to be put in back gardens for use as accommodation for family members
To call on the NTA not to cut down mature trees for BusConnects.
To rezone land on Marrowbone Lane next to St Catherine’s Sports Centre.
To revise the council's area committee structure to "Option 6".
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
Deferring a decision on selling 53 council-owned homes to Tuath Housing Association.
Selling 53 council-owned homes to Tuath Housing Association.
Reinstating the event "The Question of the Eighth" at the International Literary Festival Dublin.
Approving the council's plan to spruce up Cathedral Street and Sackville Place.
Calling on the Artane School of Music to disband as a matter of human rights.
On the "Clontarf Sea Wall", on the
proposal to modify the flood defense. It relates to Report No. 355/2017.
A vote to revise the rules for council committees, so that the Automobile Association can join the transport strategic policy committee. It relates to Report No. 24/2018.
Call to remove Conor Skehan as chair of the Housing Agency.
A call to rehouse 14 homeless families, evicted from the Gresham Hotel.
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.
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 Because the honour had only been revoked once before, in 1915, councillors had to agree the procedure in place now.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.
On removing Burma/Myanmar's politician Aung San Suu Kyi from Dublin's roll of honour.
On whether to defer the removal of Bob Geldof from the Roll of Honour for three months.
To remove Bob Geldof from the roll of honour.
On whether or not to approve a report, which includes a motion to fly the Catalan flag over City Hall.
It relates to Report No. 422/2017.
About a motion calling for a ban on the use of public land for private for-profit housing; and calling for engagement with state bodies and others to get the most "Part V" social housing that they can from their land; and calling for a commitment to mixed-income not-for-profit housing on sites.
The vote was on whether or not to refer this motion to the council's housing committee, to discuss it there.
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.
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.
Adopting the 2018 budget.
Setting the annual rate on valuation, also known as "commercial rates".
Clontarf Cycle Route: should the council get an independent opinion on whether the public consultation was done correctly?
Whether to proceed with the Clontarf-to-City Centre cycle route.
A vote to reduce the Local Property Tax by 5% for 2018.
To reduce the Local Property Tax by 15% for 2018.
A call to review the housing list, in light of the number of people who have been removed from it.
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.)
Amending the draft Ballymun Local Area Plan by deleting the paragraph regarding a reduction of car parking standards.
Recognising the need for additional social and affordable homes in Ballymun.
Naming a street after Savita Halappanavar.
On controlling and culling Herring Gulls.
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.
To relocate the proposed commercial buffer at the Poolbeg SDZ. It relates to motion 1049.
To relocate the proposed commercial buffer at the Poolbeg SDZ. It relates to motion 1093.
To relocate the proposed commercial buffer at the Poolbeg SDZ. It relates to motion 1095.
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.
A vote on whether to dispose of a site to Oaklee Housing Trust Limited. This relates to Report No. 168/2017.
A vote on whether to dispose of St Mary's Mansions, Sean MacDermott Street, Dublin 1 to Clúid Housing Association. It relates to Report No. 170/2017.
Entering into an agreement with South Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare and Louth county councils, whereby Dublin City Council will carry out all of their functions in respect to social housing Public-Private-Partnership Bundle 1, involving 500 homes.
To award the Freedom of the City to Michelle and Barack Obama.
A vote on getting rid of the railings around the Bank of Ireland at College Green.
On the Housing Lands Initiative, including O'Devaney Gardens, St Michael's Estate, and Oscar Traynor Road.
Calling on the government to help ensure that Northern Ireland remains in the EU.
A vote on the report to adopt new speed limits bye laws, including extra 30km/hr zones in the Dublin City Council area.
Reduction of Vacancy Refund Rate by 5% to 45%
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.
To set the rate of valuation at 0.257 for the coming year.
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.
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.)
Vote on works on Charlemont Street footpath.
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.)
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.)
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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.
Moving the Parnell Monument to another location on O’Connell Street.
Calling for the extension of the dublinbikes scheme in the South Central area.
Supporting the development of a pilot scheme of 100% public, mixed-income housing on the O'Devaney Gardens site.
A vote on the council's position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).