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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor M. McDonagh

To ask the Manager for an update on requests by residents at the addresses supplied to have lands transferred into their properties in an attempt to reduce anti-social behaviour and illegal dumping at the sites involved?

REPLY:

The position in relation to the three laneways adjoining Council rented dwellings in the Clondalkin area is as follows:

A.  The laneway at Deansrath has been incorporated in the adjoining property and all boundary treatment works have been completed.

B.  The laneway adjoining the dwelling at Melrose has been secured and is no longer open to public access.  No complaint has been received about this site since last year when the access gateway was welded shut to prevent possible incursion.  The cost of incorporating this area in the adjoining property would be prohibitive due to the high standard of boundary treatment currently in place and could not be justified in light of the low level of nuisance associated with the laneway.

C. It was originally hoped that the site at St Ronan's could be incorporated in the gardens of adjoining properties under the Public Realm Initative but our colleagues in the Environmental Services Department have recently notified us that this year's funding for the Public Realm will be required solely for flood attenuation measures.