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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 14, 2010

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe

To ask the Manager can he give a report outlining the baby /child changing facilities available in existing County Council buildings open to the General Public in the Local Authority area and the plans, if any, that are proposed to make theses spaces more inclusive to parents with young children?

REPLY:

The Council is conscious of the needs of its customers, including those with young children, and the need to provide suitable facilities for these customers when transacting business.

The following is a summary of the changing facilities available / proposed in existing County Council buildings:

Co Hall:   Plans are underway to provide changing facilities in the public ladies' WC.

Clondalkin:   There are no changing facilities in Clondalkin at the moment. An assessment of the viability of provision of changing facilities is underway.

Community: The Council’s two leisure facilities at Jobstown and Clondalkin are fully equipped with changing facilities and also have dedicated family changing areas.

Libraries: Branch libraries at Ballyroan, Castletymon, Whitechurch, Lucan and the County Library, Tallaght all offer baby changing facilities which are portable and can be used in the ladies toilets. These are particularly well used during parent and toddler events. Clondalkin Library does not have baby changing facilities due to space restrictions.

Parks & Landscape Services:   No baby changing facilities have been provided in public toilets located within the regional parks and there are no plans to provide same because of space restrictions.