COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 09, 2018

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor Rob Russell

"To ask the Chief Executive how many complaints have been recieved from residents regarding individual trees across RTT?"

REPLY:

The Council's Customer Contact System has been examined for the period January 1st to September 30th, 2018 with regard to recorded complaints relating to trees across the entire county.  A total of 2,567 requests for tree maintenance are logged on the system for the period in question.  The Customer Contact System does not have the facility to isolate requests from a particular electoral area.

It is important to recognise that the number of requests for tree maintenance is not a reflection of the actual requirement for intervention.  Requests for tree maintenance are prompted by many factors and following inspection of a tree, the requested action is sometimes considered unwarranted or the prevailing issue can be resolved by an alternative remedial action that does not involve tree works.