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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Manager for a report on the Autumn plans for tree planting and pruning and to include in his answer when the Council will act on the repeated requests from residents of Palms Manor for action in relation to the hedgerow at the Eircom compound?"

REPLY:

Tree pruning for the Autumn will be undertaken in accordance with the 2013 Arboriculture Programme as presented to the Lucan ACM in December 2012.  Details of the programme can be found at the following link.  The Programme is focussed on tree maintenance works, in order to make best use of the available resources.  New planting are only being considered in a very limited number of circumstances and it is hoped to undertake some replacement planting of missing trees on Kennelsfort Road Upper as part of the limited planting programme subject to the availability of resources.  This work however has been listed for spring 2014.

While the shrubs at the Eircom site in Palmerstown Manor were not included in the programme a review will be undertaken to see if can be included at this stage.  In the event that it is not feasible the works will be listed for consideration for the 2014 Arboriculture Programme, having regard to the volume of requests on hand and the resources available to implement the programme.