COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

MOTION NO. 9

MOTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

"That this Area Committee:

- Congratulates Killian Geraghty of Esker Amateur Boxing Club on winning a National Cadet Championship;

• - Further congratulates Esker ABC on organising the All-Female Box Cup in Coláiste Padraig, bringing over 300 female boxers to Lucan from all over Ireland and overseas;

• - Notes that the club is facing further rent increases and as a result are likely to have to vacate their current dedicated premises to return to temporary and unsustainable accommodation;

• - Calls on the Chief Executive to outline details of all meetings and engagement with; and support offered to Esker ABC in 2015;

• - Calls on the Chief Executive to put in place and implement a serious plan to aid the club in securing a permanent premises."

REPORT:

South Dublin County Council has had ongoing contact with Esker Boxing Club. In recognition of its contribution locally, the club has received grant aid from the Community Department. Its current request that we procure or provide a permanent premises for their use, is not plausible or sustainable.

South Dublin County Council does not provide premises for individual clubs, or complete solutions to individual requirements. In keeping with our broad based community mandate, we do provide financial assistance and have a number of support programmes to this end including the Community Initiative Fund.

The Community Division of the Council has made it quite clear to the club, that supporting financial assistance is a realisable ambition. The club will however also need to fundraise, or seek additional funding from alternative sources, including the Capital Sports Programme and the Irish Amateur Boxing Federation.

If the motion is passed the congratulations of the Area Committee can be conveyed.