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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 14, 2016

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the number of claims taken against SDCC in relation to damaged footpath, how many have been successful to the claimant and how much has this cost the council, over the last two years.

REPLY:

Since 1st January 2014, the Council are fully insured by Irish Public Bodies who manage all public liability claims. As such and since that date the cost to the Council is the cost of the Insurance Policy.

In 2014 we had 115 Road/footpath related claims and in 2015  the number of claims was 93.