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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 12, 2018

QUESTION NO.27

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the number of school traffic wardens that are currently in place within each area and to further comment on the number of new additional school traffic wardens that are planned for 2018.

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council recruit directly to the post of Relief School Warden.  In 2017 the Council recruited 14 new Relief Wardens in this way , spread throughout the County.

Recruitment to the position of permanent School Warden is confined to the panel of relief School Wardens.  In 2017, twenty four relief School Wardens were placed on panels throughout the County.  To date, nineteen Wardens have taken up permanent posts.

Road Safety have been notified of a further 6 vacancies which will arise over the course of the coming year.  It is anticipated that the current panels will be exhausted in the coming months.

It is planned to form further permanent panels before the end of the school year.  It is also planned to recruit a minimum of 6 new relief Wardens.

There are 94 Active School Crossings across the County. The Council do not have sanction for any new school crossings in 2018.  However, the Road Safety Section are currently carrying out a review of the current crossings at present.