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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 09, 2007

QUESTION No. 2 

QUESTION: Councillor G. Cullen

To ask the Manager how much this Council pays to Dublin City Council for the provision of our Fire Service? How much has this increased in the past ten years and what additional fire cover has been received for this additional cost?

REPLY:

The cost of provision of the Dublin Fire Service by Dublin City Council is a regional one and this cost  is levied on the four Authorities.  The total estimated cost for the region in 2007 is €110.5m.  The cost to South Dublin County Couincil for 2007 is €17,172,000.

The cost has increased from €6,400,000 in 1997.  Dublin City Council has advised that this charge is calculated using the methodology which takes into consideration the rateable valuation and  the average population in the area of South Dublin County.

Dublin City Council has assured the Council that South Dublin is constantly monitored and that any future requirements in relation to development within the area will be addressed as part of an overall fire study for the Dublin Region.

The fire station located at Belgard Road which serves South Dublin  was upgraded to a two pump station in 2001 which doubled the manpower.