COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, February 25, 2013

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Manager for a report on plans to celebrate the St Patrick's Day festival in the area under the remit of this Committee, and to make a statement on the matter?"

REPLY

For a number of years, there had been no official St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the area under the remit of this committee. For the last two years, South Dublin County Council has hosted a celebration in Tallaght Stadium, which involved a range of different community groups and clubs, covering sports, artistic,  musical and dance groups. 

There are no plans in place at present to host this celebration again this year. We need to develop a model for the celebration that will spread the financial burden in such a way as to make it viable for all the parties concerned.

The Council would be keen to deveop such a model but is not in a position to do so on its own.