COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

HEADED ITEM NO. 7

HEADED ITEM: Housing  Department

Balgaddy Update

 

A tender to cover the provision of works associated with ventilation and some cold bridging has been published and the final date for submission is March 1st.  It is expected that it will be possible to accept a tender immediately following and commence works with 2 weeks of same.  The tender seeks the costing of the works on a rate basis to enable the Council to carry out similar works in other houses should it be required in the future

A comparison was made in relation to the number of maintenance requests received in the Balgaddy area to a similar area in Tallaght.  The requests are broken down under headings which are captured in our Computer System.  Currently there is no real difference between the 2 areas and both are returning 2.4 requests per house per year.

	No of units	Total Maintenance Requests	Heating	Electrical	Plumbing	Other	Ratio of requests to houses
Balgaddy and Foxdene	557	1345	337	183	272	553	2.4 : 1
As a %			25%	14%	20%	41%
Comparable area in Tallaght	480	1161	293	120	277	471	2.4 : 1
As a %			25%	10%	24%	41%

I have also looked at the number of Maintenance Requests in the Balgaddy area between 2012 and 2015.  There has been a drop in the total number of requests over the years as per the table below. 

Meile an Ri	22%
Burg an Ri	28%
Tor an Ri	29%

Dumping –

• The litter warden has carried out some recent inspections on the dumped domestic rubbish on Meile An Ri Green and on the open space adjacent to Tor An Ri Court, she did not find any evidence of who may be responsible for this dumping therefore no fines have been issued at this time. The Council has however received a few complaints this week of whom may be responsible which are currently being followed up.
• The Council’s Gateway crew are currently carrying out litter picking in the area every two days which has a huge impact on the level of rubbish visible in the area.
• We are aware that some wheelie bins are being stolen from some resident’s bin areas and then being burnt out on public spaces.

Community Garden – The newly constructed community Garden is a tremendous success in the Child and Family Centre on Meile An Ri Avenue. The group have been working regularly on the garden with the support from SDCC, Gateway and the Clondalkin Partnership. They have recently received a community start up grant of €1,000 of which has purchased their new Polly tunnel.