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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

"To ask the Chief Executive to arrange for the immediate pruning of the trees at *details provided* given that the need for both has been raised with the Council since 2010 and 2007 respectively, and to make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

The trees at both locations were inspected in August 2015. Both trees were listed for routine pruning and are not considered to require immediate attention.

In line with the Council's Tree Management Policy 2015-2020 "Living With Trees", the focus of the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme and future programmes is on entire roads or whole estates. This represents a move away from reactive pruning of individual trees on a one off basis to a planned programme of maintenance. The objective of this approach is to increase the efficiency and productivity of the tree maintenance crews and to advance a proactive programme of cyclical pruning that is targeted at priority locations where intervention is most needed to yield wider community benefit.

The locations mentioned are not included for maintenance on the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme. However, arising from inspection of the trees requested, the recommended pruning works have been noted and will be prioritised accordingly as part of a future Tree Maintenance Programme for the estates.