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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 27 May, 2016
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Councillor wants more flexible opening hours for art and museum centres By Christy Parker
W A T E R F O R D Councillor Damien Geoghegan has called for more flexibility in the Taispeántas Ealaíne na bPáistí deployment of resources so that art centre opening hours can tally better with Taispeántas Sean-Ghriangrafanna times of demand. Taispeántas Ealaíne na bPáistí The councillor told le Tomás Breathnach May’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipal District commit5.00 i.n. Déardaoin 16 Meitheamh tee meeting that Dungarvan’s “fantastic arts centre” or several other Bígí linn don ócáid iontach, such venues across cupán tae agus turas siar Waterford city and county ar bhóithrín na smainte would benefit from weekend and late opening times, when tourists and other
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visitors might be more prevalent. The councillor felt this was particularly relevant to establishments sited close to popular bars and restaurants. Cllr. Geoghegan accepted that arts officer have to work within limited budgets but believed the answer lay in reconsidering the deployment of manpower and personnel to facilitate his suggestion. Sinn Féin Cllr. Siobhán Whelan supported Cllr. Geoghegan’s proposal but reminded that the situation was created by austerity measures imposed by his own, Fine Gael, party.
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Council’s ASBU team tackling anti-social behaviour issues WATERFORD Council’s new Anti-Social Behaviour Unit is tackling the problem of anti-social behaviour in housing estates and there are procedures in place to allow people to report instances of anti-social behaviour. At the recent meeting of Waterford City and County Joint Policing Committee, Sinead Breathnach, of the Council’s housing section, who is heading up the new Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, explained the role of the team and how they tackle anti-social issues and problems in housing estates. She said there are currently a total of 41 cases of anti-social behaviour being investigated across Waterford City and County, 16 of which resulted in action being taken by the local authority and 23 cases still ongoing, while two cases did not require any follow up. Ms. Breathnach said
there will be a workshop for Councillors later in the year in relation to antisocial behaviour. Cllr. Breda Brennan asked if residents of Council houses will be given guidelines on how to report antisocial behaviour. Ms. Breathnach replied that all tenants are given a handbook when they take up the tenancy of a Council house. “How to report antisocial behaviour is laid out in the Tenant’s Handbook,” said Ms. Breathnach. She said tenants can contact the Council in relation to anti-social behaviour. John Devlin, of the Public Participation Network (PPN) queried the Council on vacant houses, which he said, can attract anti-social behaviour. Ms. Breathnach said there are “some isolated cases” of vacant Council houses they are aware of
and are looking at those issues. Ms. Breathnach said vacant houses “is not a major issue throughout housing estates”. “At any one time, there are 70 to 80 houses in our vacant programme, which is not a huge number out of our 5,000 housing stock,” she said. “We have to bring those vacant houses up to standard before we can reallocate them.” Ms. Breathnach said it was hoped that a new ‘choice-based letting scheme’ will help to alleviate the problem of vacant houses. However, Mr. Devlin disagreed with Ms. Breathnach that vacant properties were not a major issue. He said on a wider scale, vacant properties attract anti-social behaviour and illegal rubbish dumping. “It is a big issue,” Mr. Devlin added.
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