COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, November 17, 2008

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor K. Warren

“To ask the Manager what involvement have South Dublin County Council with ODPM Management Group in connection with a range of issues concerning the Hunterswood Estate in Ballycullen, and specifically if the Council could outline their discussions, correspondence, e-mails etc. with this Management Group, given the persistent level of anti-social behaviour directed to residents who live on Hunter’s Way in Ballycullen, following repeated incursions onto property within Hunterswood from adjoining residents who live in local authority provided social housing on Daletree Road, and if the Council will further confirm that the CCTV camera which was promised to be installed at this location has now been installed, and the action that the Housing Department intend taking against those persons who are involved in this behaviour as they are clearly tenants of South Dublin County Council, and if he will make a statement on the matter?”

REPLY:

Hunterswood Estate Ballycullen is a private housing Estate.  South Dublin C ounty Council's Housing Estate Management Section has no input into the management of this Estate.  However, individual residents of Hunterstwood have in the past made complaints to SDCC about alleged antic social activity perpetrated by the residents of the adjoining Council housing estate Daletree.  For reasons of confidentiality the details of these exchanges cannot be put in the public domain.

A member of the Hunterswood Residents Association recently attended  an SDCC Liaison Committee Meeting in the Council offices. This comittee comprises of representatives of the Council including Traveller Support Workers, Housing Welfare Section, Community Department, the Mediation Service and Community Garda.  The purpose of this committee is to ensure an integrated response to local service delivery. In the course of that meeting the issue of raising  the boundary between Hunterstown and Daletree Estate was discussed . The matter is now being actively pursued with the Planning Department.  Following the Liaison committee meeting the Council's Housing Estate Management Section improved CCTV coverage on this boundary through pruning of mature trees and re-positionining of the CCTV camera.