·        Minutes of Plenary Meeting 28^th July 2025

·        Minutes of Special Meeting 15^th September 2025

·        Reports for July and August 2025

·       Proposed Exchange of 0.017 ha in Monksland, Co. Roscommon.

·         To approve Roscommon Age Friendly Strategy 2025-2030

I am calling on Roscommon County Council to write to the Minister for Local Government to request that development fees be waived for all applicants who served a commencement notice prior to the required deadline in 2024. Some applicants served the notice within the required timeframe, but failed to submit the required waiver form, resulting in them receiving an invoice for development charges. Many applicants were unaware of the need to complete the form, despite meeting all other guidelines of the scheme. 

That Roscommon County Council amend its policy on road surfacing to ensure, in line with other local authorities, that all street sections to the front of residential properties are included in the resurfacing and road construction programme. The current exclusion of these sections has caused difficulties for property owners, including raised road levels and surface water entering homes. As this is a policy matter and a reserved function of the elected members, I propose that all such street sections be included in future Roads Programmes. This is the only tangible benefit rural property owners may receive from paying the Local Property Tax.

I am seeking the support of my fellow Councillors and Roscommon County Council to write to the Taoiseach Micheál Martin; to the Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, and to Tony Canavan of the HSE, to request them to reconsider the removal of care and maternity services for high risk pregnant women at Portiuncula University Hospital, to request a timeline for the reinstatement of all services, and to ensure that full resources are allocated to maintain and improve the quality of maternity care at the hospital.

I propose that this Council will adopt a rights based Ethical Procurement Policy (EPP), ensuring that every endeavour is made to ensure that Council tender processes are consistent with the principles of the UN guiding principles on Business & Human Rights, OECD, Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises & the Global Sullivan Principles (1999) - to promote respect for human rights by companies with which they do business.  

The EPP will establish clear international standards and implementation methods to ensure human rights obligations are acknowledged and respected throughout the procurement process.

Are there any streams of funding available to support communities with Christmas lights this year?