Call for Kildare County Council to build more houses
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There was overwhelming support for a call for more houses to be built, at a recent Kildare County Council meeting.
And there was criticism of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) system, which provides financial assistance for households who qualify for social housing and who are trying to rent a home on the private market.
There are about 2,400 people receiving HAP within County Kildare but Cllr Noel Connolly said the only long term answer is for public housing to be built on publicly-owned land.
He said that HAP limits are too low to allow families or individuals to actually avail of much of the rented accommodation that is available in the county.
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Call for local authority to take back domestic waste service
Each Municipal District could put out tender says Cllr Noel Connolly
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Kildare County Council has been asked to take back the domestic waste collection service from private companies.
But the council’s Director of Services is against the idea.
The matter is to go for consideration to the council’s Environmental Strategic Policy Committee (SPC).
After debate at the January 25 meeting of the council, the proposer, Cllr Noel Connolly, said he was surprised with the support from some members.
At the January 25 meeting of the council, Cllr Connolly proposed that the council recognises that domestic waste collection should be in the control and ownership of local authorities and that a consistent service should be offered to all homes county wide, including glass and organic waste collection.
Decision due this week on substantial Kildare housing application
Prosperous residents raise issues with 94 dwelling application
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A decision is due this week on a planning application for 94 dwellings and a creche for 25 children in Prosperous.
The application by Bernard Moran to Kildare County Council on November 20 last has attracted a lot of attention in the locality with over ten submissions, which were due by Christmas Eve last, made involving a number of issues.
The proposal is to have an entrance off Emerson Court access road and residents in that estate have made a number of submissions.
A linear park is also included.