COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Manager for a breakdown of the amount of money that the Council has expended in the Palmerston area in 2013 under the following headings:
a) Community Services
b) Removal of Littter
c) Clearing of laneways?"

REPLY:

The Community Services Department carries out a wide range of work and is involved in a hugely varied series of activities across the County, including the Palmerston area. Some of the funds committed in 2013 to the Palmerston area in particular include:- 

Palmerstown Community Council                  €30,000 Employment Grant

Palmerstown Act Group                                 €300 (Arts Grant)

Palmerstown Festival Community Games      €1,000 (Contribution)

Members of the Council's Community Team are involved on a day to day basis with residents associations, community centres, neighbourhood centres, drug task forces, childcare facilities, training facilities, sports clubs, senior citizens groups, new community integration groups and organisations, arts groups, musicial groups, welfare agencies, C.E. schemes, Local Policing Fora, disability groups, drama groups, youth services, and  many more disparate groups and organisations. They organise and facilitate annual festivals, Summer Projects for schoolchildren, Halloween celebrations, Family Days, health fairs, community games, environmental clean-ups and other such activities. 

While it is not possible to provide costs for removal of litter and clearing of laneways on an electoral basis, the cost to date of waste disposal for the Corkagh District (areas north of the N7) using skips is €15,754.  The cost to date for disposal of waste which is hauled directly to waste transfer facilities is €156,285 countywide to the end of October.