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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

QUESTION NO.7

QUESTION: Councillor E. Murphy

"To ask the Chief Executive to outline what remedial works have been carried out on playgrounds and playspaces in the Rathfarnham area in the past three years? Could the Council please be explicit in terms of the cleaning of graffiti, repairs due to vandalism and instances of anti-social behaviour?"

REPLY:

"The playgrounds in Tymon Park at the Wellington Lane car park and in Rathfarnham Castle Park experience very little by way of vandalism and graffiti and very few maintenance visits have been necessary there in the past 3 years other than for routine maintenance and repairs which are required from time to time due to normal wear and tear on the equipment. 

Over the past 2 years the Public Realm Section has developed new playspaces at Ballycragh Park and Glendoher Estate and both of these have required attention to large group swings on a number of occasions during that time, resulting from either vandalism or inappropriate use where the swing may have been used by excessive numbers of children at the same time. 

A playspace at Stocking Wood installed by the developer has been taken in charge by the Public Realm Section in the past year also and while the playspace itself has not been subjected to much vandalism the area around it has, with trees and litter bins being targeted regularly.

The painter assigned to the Public Realm Section responds to the need for graffiti removal as necessary in playgrounds and other areas, however records are not available at present to show when this has been necessary in playgrounds and playspaces in the Rathfarnham / Templeogue-Terenure area."