Louth County Council · Special Meeting of Louth County Council · 4 November 2024

Minute No. 240/24: Submission 2 was made by Cllr. Shane McGuinness. Joanna Kelly provided an overview of the key issues in the submission. In speaking to the submission Cllr. McGuinness stated that in his view there is a lack of open space in the Blackrock area.

A vote on accepting the Chief Executive's recommendation on submissions 2, 12, 42, 43, 46, 48, 52, 65, 66, 67, 75, 109, 110 and 150 to the draft Dundalk Local Area Plan, considered with submission 2 from Councillor Shane McGuinness.

Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.

Robert Nash Submission 150: Sandra Meehan A roll call vote took place to accept the Chief Executive's recommendation for submission 2, 12, 42, 43, 46, 48, 52, 65, 66, 67, 75, 109, 110 and 150.

Carried15–0

Tá: 15
Níl: 0
Staon: 1
Didn't vote: 13

The minutes record: And resolved.

By party

Party	Tá	Staon	Didn't vote
Sinn Féin	4	0	3
Independent	3	0	4
Fianna Fáil	4	0	2
Fine Gael	2	1	3
Labour Party	1	0	1
Green Party	1	0	0

How each councillor voted

Tá — yes
Níl — no
Staon — abstained
Didn't vote

Tá 15

Níl 0

None

Staon 1

Dolores MinogueFine Gael

Didn’t vote 13

Didn't vote 13

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.