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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, May 11, 2009
HEADED ITEM NO. H4 (c) (i)
STRATEGIC POLICY COMMITTEES
Report of Sport, Recreation, Community and Parks Strategic Policy Committee held on Wednesday 29th April 2009
Attendance:
Members Officials
Cllr. C. Brophy P. Smith, Director of Services
Cllr. J. Daly W. Sheils, Senior Executive Officer
Cllr. D. Keating T. McDermott, Sports Partnership
Cllr. C. King
Cllr. J. Neville Apologies
Cllr. P. Cosgrave Cllr. D. Corrigan
Mr. J. Coughlan Cllr. T. Delaney
Mr. C. Johnston Cllr. R. Dowds
Mr. S. Reid Cllr. C. Jones
Mr. A. Shields
An Cathaoirleach, Cllr. Cathal King presided.
1) Minutes of previous meeting held on 11th February 2009 were noted and approved.
2) Matters arising.
3) Community Facilities update.
The report on Community Facilities was presented by Pat Smith and was NOTED.
4)County Sports and Recreation Strategy Update
The report was presented by Thomas McDermott. Mr. S. Reid contributed to a debate and the report was NOTED.
5)Sports Partnership Update
The report was presented by Thomas McDermott. The members commended Mr. McDermott on the efforts of the Sports Partnership section and Cllrs. Cosgrave and King contributed to the debate along with Mr. S. Reid. The report was NOTED.
6)Tallaght Stadium update
The report on Tallaght Stadium was presented by Willie Sheils. The report outlined progress on the second stand which will take approximately 16- 20 weeks construction, weather permitting.
The first international match took place in the stadium recently when Ireland played Poland in an Under 17 international.
Cllrs. Cosgrave and Brophy contributed to a discussion about the present and future uses of the Stadium, along with messrs. Coughlan, Johnston and Reid.
The report was NOTED.