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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Thursday, September 15, 2016

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor B. Ferron

"To ask the Chief Executive if the tree to the front of 25 Parkhill Green can be scheduled for pruning.  It has become very overgrown and is blocking out the light into the adjacent houses?"

REPLY:

The tree at 25 Parkhill Green has been inspected and does not require any immediate maintenance but has been noted for pruning.

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.

Parkhill Green is not included for maintenance on the 2016 Tree Maintenance Programme. However, arising from inspection of the tree requested at 25 Parkhill Green, the recommended pruning works have been noted and will be prioritised accordingly as part of a future Tree Maintenance Programme for the estate.