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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Rob Russell

"To ask the Chief Executive what proposals or requests if any are currently being explored for the provision of a playground/play space in the Firhouse area?"

REPLY:

The Linear Park at Dodder Valley provides recreational facilities to people living within the Firhouse area. A recent Part 8 for recreational facilities for the Dodder Valley Mount Carmel area had the following response in the Chief Executive’s Report to submissions made during the Part 8 process:

“The provision of a large play space in Dodder Valley Park is agreed in principle. Due to the scale of the proposed play space and the ecological constraints within the Dodder Valley it is proposed to progress this play space as a separate Part 8 process. The location and detail will be subject to a feasibility study, ecological and environmental evaluation and design considerations. It is unlikely that this particular portion of Dodder Valley off Firhouse Road will be suitable due to the ecological constraints. However the exact location will be considered at the preliminary design stage by evaluating the available options against the established need, the site requirements, the constraints and evaluating the ecological and environmental and other issues / factors in the area. As per usual in the Part 8 process, elected representatives and the general public will have an opportunity to input into the plan for the proposed play space and view the accompanying reports. Both projects (the current Part 8 proposals and the proposed play space subject to a Part 8) will progress separately as the decision of the council with regard to each will be separate ones.”

The position as outlined above is unchanged and an exact location for the proposed playground within Dodder Valley Park is not proposed as yet and will be subject to the considerations as outlined within the response above; however the locations being considered would include the Mount Carmel area.