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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Thursday, September 15, 2016

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor C. King

"To ask the Chief Executive to arrange for the inspection of the large Tree outside of No 463 Cushlawn Park with a view to it being added to the Tree removal programme?"

REPLY:

The tree at 463 Cushlawn Park was inspected and has been listed for removal.

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.

Cushlawn Park is not included for maintenance on the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme. However, arising from inspection of the tree requested at 463 Cushlawn Park, the recommended removal of the tree has been noted and will be prioritised accordingly as part of a future Tree Maintenance Programme for the estate.