Dublin City Council · Special City Council Meeting Monday 22 June 2026 · 22 June 2026
A vote on a motion to further amend proposed Variation 11 of the city development plan so that no planning application for housing on lands at North Road, Finglas, could be decided until the Finglas Luas extension is approved, funded and operating.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
Motion No. 2 in the name of Cllr. Keith Connolly regarding Lands at North Road, Finglas, Dublin 11 That Amendment 10 be further amended by the insertion of the following text: No planning application for residential development on the lands at North Road, Finglas (Map Ref A2) shall be permitted to proceed to determination until the Finglas Luas extension has been approved, funded and is operational, in order to ensure that the scale of development is aligned with the delivery of essential strategic public transport infrastructure and the principles of sustainable development.
Proposed by Councillor Keith Connolly.
The minutes record: The Motion was put to a vote and fell. A copy of the vote can be found attached to these minutes in Appendix G.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Social Democrats | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Fianna Fáil | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 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.