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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

QUESTION NO. 12

 

QUESTION: Councillor A.M. Dermody

"To ask the Manager to please confirm that Dodder Valley Park, specifically at the Kilvere entrance is included in the anti-dog fouling stencil programme and to ask the manager to include additional bins at both the Kilvere entrance & the Springfield entrance to the park.  To ask that the paths in this Park be cleared back of moss and the grass in all of the Park be cut and maintained and not just the grass area to the rear of the Shopping Centre.  Please also note that the grass cutting in the biggest green area was started but not completed and this too needs to be attended to.  Can you also supply me with an up to date with regard to the ponding of the paths in this Park which I submitted at the last Area Committee meeting (Q6) and in reply the matter was to be investigated and fuller reply is still awaited?"

REPLY:

The Dodder Valley Park and specifically the area near the Kilvere Entrance will be included in the forthcoming anti-dog fouling stencilling programme. The additional bins requested at the Kilvere and Springfield Entrances to the Park will be added to the programme of litter bin installations to be carried out in the coming months across the County. With regard to the condition of footpaths, arrangements will be made to clear any moss, vegetation etc. on these paths and to deal with any minor drainage issues, as soon as possible.  With regard to grass cutting operations, in general greater emphasis will be given in the future to the reservation of suitable areas for the development of species rich grassland along the Dodder Valley, which is considered a more appropriate management regime in the interest of wildlife conservation. The grass close to the edges of footpaths and along walking routes will continue to be maintained to a high standard at this location.