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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 20, 2016

QUESTION NO.28

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask for a report on all sites that provide accommodation for the Traveling community in SDCC What work is needing done ? Also to ask how consultation with all the travelling groups will be done going forward.

REPLY:

Under the provisions of the Traveller Accomodation Act 1998, South Dublin County Council is required to prepare, adopt and implement a Traveller Accommodation Programme to meet the accomodation needs of the county's indigenous Traveller Community, i.e. those families who have been resident in the county for at least three years prior to the adoption of South Dublin County Council's Traveller Accomodation Programme 2014-2018.

Under the Current TAP Programme, the construction programme will take place in three phases, firstly the development of green field sites, at previously agreed locations, as a rollover programme from uncompleted elements of the 2008-2013 programme. Provision of these sites  may incorporate the involvement of Voluntary Housing Associations as appropriate and in consultation with the relevant families and the Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee. Secondly, redevelopment of existing temporary sites and thirdly where appropriate, consideration will be given to the provision of extra/infill units.

Redevelopments:  

Belgard Road                           3 Group Houses.  Completed 2016.

St. Aidans                                5  Group Houses    Funding applied for 2016.

Oldcastle Park.                       20 mix of Bays /houses  Funding applied for 2016

Lynches Lane                          3 Bays

Belgard Park                           10 Group Houses    Funding applied for 2016.

Owendoher Haven                   8 Group Houses     Funding applied for 2016.

Infill Developments:    

Ballyowen                              Max of 5 Units.

Hazel Hill                                Max of 2 Units

New Developments:

Newcastle                         10 Group Houses

Rathcoole                          10 Group Houses

Adamstown x 3                 10 x 3 Group Houses/Bays.

Bustyhill                              8 Bays

Blackchurch                       10 Bays

Brittas                                10 Bays

In addition to the above quotations have been received for clean up of the following locations and work will commence shortly;

Hazel Hill Halting Site

Stocking Hill Halting Site

3 Bay Lynche's Lane.

An audit of all the sites has been conducted by the Fire Brigade recently , the results of which will generally make recommendations that can be broadly divided into County Council responsibility and Tenant responsibility. The recommendations in respect of each individual site will be examined in conjuction with the Local Traveller Development Groups and the tenants on site.