Dublin City Council · Special City Council Meeting Tuesday 23 September 2025 · 23 September 2025
A vote on an amendment to a motion on accommodation for International Protection applicants. It would have the council write to two ministers asking them to withdraw all planning exemptions so that all applications go through the normal planning process, and ask that communities be consulted before contracts for such accommodation are signed.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
The following Amendment was proposed by Cllrs Cieran Perry, Jesslyn Henry, Janice Boylan, Conor Reddy and Daithi Doolan. To write to Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O' Callaghan & Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne to withdraw all planning exemptions and ensure that all planning applications go through the normal planning process. Also to request that the Community Engagement Team communicate with communities prior to signing of contracts for International Protection accommodation which will allow for full community engagement.
Proposed by Cllrs Cieran Perry, Jesslyn Henry, Janice Boylan, Conor Reddy and Daithi Doolan.
The minutes record: The amendment to the motion was put to a vote and was defeated. Details of the vote are attached in Appendix B to these minutes.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Social Democrats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Independent | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Right to Change | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.