Scheme Of Special Planning Control For O'Connell Street Area Renewed

Dublin City Council has confirmed it has renewed the Scheme of Special Planning Control for the O'Connell street area.

SIPTU activists and former Clerys workers have welcomed the decision.

They have also welcomed the inclusion in the scheme of an objective that 'workers are assured fair working conditions’ in the city centre retail district.

SIPTU Services Division Organiser, Ethel Buckley, said: "The confirmation this morning (Wednesday, 13th January) by the Dublin City Council Chief Executive of the acceptance of the SIPTU proposal, which was supported by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, to include the aim that 'workers are assured fair working conditions' in the vision statement of the Scheme is a success for the new Working City Initiative launched last December.


"The SIPTU Services Division intends to continue working with councillors and community groups as part of the Working City Initiative to have the O'Connell Street area declared a Living Wage employment zone.

"Ensuring that workers in the centre of our capital city are paid a wage which is adequate to provide a minimum essential standard of living is a fitting aim for an area which will be at the centre of Easter 1916 commemorative events this year."

(CD/MH)