COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, February 08, 2010
QUESTION NO.4
QUESTION: Councillor R. Dowds
In cases of emergency (e.g. recent snow)
(a) Can Council Staff be moved from their areas of responsibility to emergency work?
(b) Was this done during the recent snows?
(c) Could some example be given?
REPLY:
During the recent adverse weather conditions the number of additional man hours deployed to gritting the County’s roads and clearing of footpaths was in excess of 7,500 man hours. Over 13,000 linear kilometers of road have been gritted in the County since the start of the cold spell, utilising all 8 of the Council’s Gritting Trucks and deploying over thirty staff to the gritting and salting of the National Primary, National Secondary, Regional and main Local routes in the County. This effort has been supplemented by the deployment of over 250 additional staff as well as plant and machinery from all other departments within the Council to clear snow and ice from footpaths in the main commercial and shopping areas in our towns and villages. The Council acknowledges the contribution and flexibility demonstrated by staff in response to the adverse weather conditions.
The manager gave a full report to the Corporate Policy Group and to the Council Meeting held on Monday January 11th. http://intranet/cmas/documents/County%20Council/2010/February/February2010CountyCouncilMeeting/21760_Full%20Minutes%20110110.doc