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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor M. Corr

"To ask the Manager to indicate the advantages to areas that are provided with paid Estate Management workers in Tallaght over estates that don't have paid workers in such positions does he acknowledge that there is an inequality in service provision in this area and if so how does he intend to address this inequality?"

REPLY:

The Council's Community Department has confirmed currently  two no. paid Estate Management Workers are employed by that Department  in Killinarden and Fettercairn, Tallaght, both of whom are funded by the Drugs Task Force. The Community Department has sought funding for the recruitment of two additional Estate Management Workers but have been unable to secure funding to date. 

The Housing Department also employs 5 Estate Management Officers  who have been assigned responsibility for Estate Management Functions countywide.   In addition  regular Council clinics are held around the county at which members of the public can attend to raise any housing issue which is of concern to them.

In relation to the Housing Allocations function,  community representatives are consulted in relation to the allocation of council dwellings. The power to allocate houses is exercised by the County Manager as an executive function and allocations are made by reference to the Council's Scheme of Letting Priorities which was adopted by the Elected Members and approved by the Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal in December 2006.