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"To ask the Chief Executive if they can please provide a report to the Tallaght Area Committee outlining how the matters below regarding Tymon Park can be addressed.
- Outside Council staff working hours, there is no pedestrian access to the park between Greenhills Rd/Ballymount Rd junction (beyond the M50 flyover) and the Basketball Arena (Castletymon Rd). As you can imagine, this causes great inconvenience for users of the park, particularly dog walkers, joggers and strollers who like to get out early in the mornings. At weekends, the park gates on Castletymon Rd remain locked until 10am, can an early opening time be investigated?
- There is only one enclosed dog play area in the whole of Tymon Park, which is on the Limekiln side. However, due to flooding in bad weather, even this dog-play area becomes totally unusable between the months of October and April each year. In addition, the gate latch has been broken for the past two years. An enclosed dog play area is an extremely important amenity in any park, allowing dogs to socialise in a controlled and safe environment with no inconvenience to other park users. Unlike dog play areas in Corkagh or Marley and other public parks, the dog play area in Tymon has no running water, and the refuse facility is simply a plastic sack hung over the railing, which is infrequently emptied or replaced. There are insufficient refuse bins throughout the park, which leads to rubbish being dumped (including dog poo bags). Can the CEO please look to address the matters below in order to improve the experience for dog owners using the park?
- Streams and pathways on the Tallaght side of the park are not being maintained and cleaned regularly, and the small stream that leads into the ponds is littered with trollies, bikes, pallets and other hazardous rubbish. There is no noise barrier along the Tallaght side of the M50 Motorway, which can lead to a high traffic noise levels in the park at all times: during rush hour, the volume of traffic, and during off-peak hours, the speed of traffic on the motorway. Since last year the trees along the stream have been thinned out, and the felled trees have been left lying along the stream. Perhaps these could be cut down into manageable sizes and donated to local senior citizens through welfare agencies in the area. Again I would ask that these matters addressed in order to improve the amenity for those who use the park.
- Lastly, the Irish name of the park, both at the Castletymon entrance and at the Basketball Arena entrance is misspelt (Páirc Thigh Montháin, instead of Páirc Thigh Motháin). As there is an all-Irish school close by, I think it is even more important that this is rectified without delay, as would be the case if the English version were misspelt.
Report on Tree Management along N81 boundary with Glenview Park
That the opening times of our Public Parks in the County be changed from an advertisied time of 10am to an earlier time of 7.30am at the latest.
"That the opening times of Tymon Park be changed to an earlier opening time. 10am is not suitable for many users and potential users. I propose a time of 8am at the latest."
Update on St. Josephs Graveyard re Development Plan
Update RIC Barricks
"That this Area Committee calls on the new Minister for Transport Shane Ross to commit to open the unopened €6.25 million Kishogue Rail Station, including completion of any necessary works, such that it is open by the time that the Phoenix Park tunnel is reopened so as to facilitate direct commuter rail services from Lucan & Adamstown to the City Centre and to and further underpin sustainable development of the proposed Clanburris SDZ; and further invites Minister Ross, along with representative of Irish Rail and the National Transport Authority to meet with members of this Committee at the unopened station to discuss this matter further."
Confirmation and Re-affirmation of Minutes of Meeting of 20th April 2016
"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the site know as Fassinidges in Palmerstown village. Have the old storage tanks been removed from under the ground. Also is the any contamination on the site from when it was a garage?"
"In 2015 the Council announced that as part of the LED light upgrade program that Lucan Heights, Roselawn & Ballydowd would have their lights updated. This work has not been done. When does the Council plan to do this work."
"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the full cost to the council of the bike lockers in Lucan and the yearly cost for the management programme with bikelockers.ie. Also who has the responsibility of the upkeep of the lockers?"
"That the Chief Executive report on the councils application for funding for the Lucan Swimming pool.
Also for the report to include how the process will move on from now. What is the time scale for the project. How long will the design planning and building take to deliver the swimming pool."
"That this Area Committee calls on the council to have a public meeting with the residents of the Weirview Apartments in Lucan before any work starts on the village initiative at the weir.
The resident would like to be informed of what work will be carried out and how machinery will access the site."
Minutes from Tallaght Area Committee Meeting 25th April, 2016.
Application for Arts Grants
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