There were no declarations of interest from the Members.

Roscommon Municipal District Meeting 15^th September, 2025

Roscommon Municipal District Budget Meeting 14^th October, 2025

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. Holland

            SECONDED by Cllr. Brennan

It was AGREED to adopt the minutes of the Roscommon Municipal District Meeting of 15^th September, 2025.

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. Connolly Conboy

            SECONDED by Cllr. Holland

It was AGREED to adopt the Minutes of the Roscommon Municipal District Budget Meeting of 14^th October, 2025.

There were no matters arising.

Cllr. Brennan gave an update from the Roscommon Town Team.

• Work is ongoing as regards organising the Christmas Markets in Roscommon town in collaboration with Roscommon County Council

Cllr. Fitzmaurice gave an update from the Castlerea Town Team

• There is ongoing discussion, and the public consultation meeting went well regarding the Castlerea Town Centre First Plan

The town team are involved in erecting the Xmas lights and Roscommon County Council was acknowledged for funding the new lights

Request from Councillor Brennan:

“That Roscommon County Council honour the following at the next civic reception –

• Ms. Pauline Lavin of Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, Pauline won an All-Ireland title at the recent All Ireland National Ploughing Championships on 17^th Sept at Screggan Co Offaly, in the Ladies Loy Digging Junior Class.

• Roscommon CBS Senior Football Team who won the 2025 Colleges B, All-Ireland Final

Request from Cllr. Brennan

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. Brennan

            SECONDED by Cllr. Holland

It was AGREED by all the members that Roscommon County Council honour Ms. Pauline Lavin of Strokestown, Co. Roscommon who won an All-Ireland title at the recent All Ireland National Ploughing Championships on 17^th September at Screggan, Co. Offaly, in the Ladies Loy Digging Junior Class.

Request from Cllr. Brennan

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. Brennan

            SECONDED by Cllr. Holland

It was AGREED by all the members that Roscommon County Council honour the Roscommon CBS Senior Football Team who won the 2025 Colleges B, All-Ireland Final.

Item no. 1 re. 3.25 Road Safety

Item no. 2 re. 3.25 Road Safety

Item no. 3 re. 59.25 (Recoupment of storm expenditure)

Tom McDermott read the three items of correspondence as circulated-

·         Email from the Minister for Transport re. 3.25

·         Email from the Road Safety Authority re. 3.25

·         Letter from the Department of the Taoiseach re. 59.25

The members expressed their disappointment with the responses from the Road Safety Authority and the Minister for Transport as they are not looking for any personal or sensitive data but details concerning the number of accidents and their locations.

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. Fitzmaurice

            SECONDED by Cllr. McDermott

It was AGREED by all the members that they will try and communicate directly with the Minister in relation to this.

Votes of sympathy were sent to all of the five families involved in the terrible road traffic accident between Ardee and Dundalk on Saturday evening, 15^th November.

Votes of congratulations were sent to Cloontuskert on their success in winning the Urban Neighbourhoods & Housing Estates category for communities under 300 people in the 2025 Pride of Place awards held recently.  Congratulations were also extended to the Roscommon Men’s Choir, The Roscommon Underwater Search and Recovery Club and the Roscommon Women’s Network Cycle Up, all of whom represented Roscommon at the Pride of Place awards for 2025.

Votes of congratulations were also sent to all the groups who did so well in the Tidy Towns Awards recently along with appreciation for their hard work and commitment.

Cllr. Holland made representations on behalf of the residents of Creevyquin, Roscommon after recent rainfall led to flooding on their properties due to water coming off the new solar farm development. The development by Power Capital Renewable Energy Limited was given the go ahead by An Bord Pleanála and condition no. 19 previously imposed by Roscommon County Council was removed in the final grant of permission.

Tom McDermott, Municipal District Co-Ordinator informed the members that the Area Engineer visited the site with a representative from the Environment Department to assess the situation.

The members discussed the issue and commented that the Office of Public Works (OPW) are responsible for flooding that affects houses in danger of flooding. The planning permission does include a condition asking the developer to submit a plan for surface water and the developer needs to clean the drains between the development and the river. Power Capital have obtained a road opening licence to lay ducts and as part of this they must do a full reinstatement of the road.

The members called on the developers to take measures to alleviate this flooding and safeguard nearby homes and stressed that they need to improve their communication with the nearby residents.

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. McDermott

            SECONDED by Cllr. Dineen

It was AGREED by all the members to write to the developer asking them to communicate with all the residents.

Cllr. Fitzmaurice raised the issue of poor street lighting in Castlerea town mainly due to the upgrade to LED lighting, as the N60 runs through Castlerea town this can be very dangerous. He indicated that the safety parts of the previous Part 8 scheme for Castlerea town could have gone ahead, especially the pedestrian crossing points but unfortunately the TII would not proceed with separate parts of the scheme.

On the PROPOSAL of Cllr. Fitzmaurice

            SECONDED by Cllr. Dineen

It was AGREED by all the members to write back to the TII asking them to give us the funding and allow us to proceed with the pedestrian crossings in the interests of the safety of the people of Castlerea.

An update was requested on the proposed 30km speed limit for urban areas.

Tom McDermott, Municipal District Co-ordinator agreed to follow up on this and report back to the members at the next meeting.

Cllr. Holland highlighted that ducting and supporting infrastructure for four streetlights in Lisacul has been in place for years, yet the poles and lights themselves were never installed.

Tom McDermott, Municipal District Co-ordinator agreed to discuss this matter with our Assets and Energy Department.