COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

To compliment the Mayor, Manager and staff involved in the promotion of the Tidy Towns Competition in the County and to ask for a report on the meetings which have taken place in the Lucan EA?

REPLY:

The Members compliment is noted and will be passed on to the Public Realm & Environmental Awareness Team who arranged this event and will be working with communities to capitalise on the positivity of the evening.

Over a hundred people attended the Tidy Towns Public Meeting held in Tallaght Stadium on Thursday 16th February.  The evening included presentations from a Tidy Towns adjudicator Padraic Fogarty, Suzanne Furlong, SDCC on the Public Realm and the Lucan Tidy Town's experience outlined by Kevin O Loughlin and Mairead McGowan, Lucan Tidy Towns.  Warren Phelan concluded with a presentation on  the Freetrade.  Questions and answers followed. The following information stands were available  at the event

As a result of enquiries received since the event, a local Tidy Towns meeting was held in the Griffeen Valley Educate Together school, Lucan, on Wednesday 7th March, fourteen people attended. At the meeting the following was discussed, agreeing on area for the group to focus on, what projects could be looked at by the group and the need for a communications strategy. 

The Council have provided clean up materials to the group under the Social Credits system. The Council will continue to liaise with the group to identify supports required and prioritise actions if possible.

In addition a local Tidy Towns meeting has been organised for

It is also hoped to hold a meeting in Brittas Community Centre on Thursday 19th April – venue to be confirmed.