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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive, following a previous motion moved in relation to grass cutting at the site of St Finians Church in ruins, when it is expected that this grass cutting will commence?"

REPLY:

As previously reported under Motion 3 at the Lucan Area Committee meeting in February 2018, an inspection of the site was carried out and the findings were as follows:

“The graveyard was relatively clean with some isolated items of discarded debris which may have been blown onto the site or dropped by passing visitors.  There were no areas of accumulated dumping or indication that the location is being used for anti-social activities. 

The nature of the site and its naturally managed vegetation, may be the attributing factors to the fact that the site does not suffer from anti-social activities.  It is therefore proposed that intervention in the form of pruning and cutting of vegetation will be limited to enable access but not to open up the area to the potential of inviting unwanted visitors.  Should a demonstrated demand be made for more formal access around the site at a later stage this can be review at the time.”

There are no current proposals to undertake grass cutting at this location.