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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 13, 2014

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive if the 'Beautiful South Dublin' & Community Awards will be presented before the end of 2014; and if he would agree to include an award (including monetary prize) for the Tidy Tows group who receives the highest score in the County given the cessation of the South Dublin county award and prize in the National Tidy Towns competition?

REPLY:

In 2012 the Beautiful South Dublin County Awards were amalgamated with the  Community Awards Scheme. An awards ceremony took place in  the Civic Theatre in September 2012. A Community Awards scheme is not planned for 2014. Tidy Towns groups in the County are supported through a budgetary provision and projects in the Villages Initiative. A Tidy Towns network meeting is taking place in the next week, the 2014 results will be reviewed and future plans will be discussed.