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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

"To ask the Chief Executive how grass cutting crews were utilised during the summer drought when growth was at a minimum?

REPLY:

The slow down in grass growth which occurred during the summer months facilitated the carrying out of additional works by the Public Realm Section, some of which are listed below -

• Increased maintenance in Cruagh, Tempelogue, Rathfarnham and Whitechurch graveyards
• Increased level of maintenance on playgrounds including Willington and Ballycragh
• Cutting back overgrowth and long grass in Green Acres, Anne Devlin Park, Moyville, laneway in Idrone, the Dodder Greenway and Cherryfield
• Increased level of weed control measures undertaken
• A substantial clean up of the pond and stream in Rathfarnham Castle Park which has transformed these areas
• Cleaning and cutting back of overgrowth on laneways in the Dublin 12 area
• Cutting back briars on Greenhills Road
• Clean up tennis courts in Beechfield and the Dodder
• Clean up around hedgerows in Rossmore
• Clean up and flail long grass in Grosvenor Court
• Increased maintenance in allotments in Friarstown
• Cut and clean up development site off Whitehall Road
• De-silting of pond in Sean Walsh park
• Extra staff assigned to litter picking including more regular picking in Kilnamanagh, Avonbeg and Daletree
• Substantial increase in quantities of waste and litter collected around the County during this period.