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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, October 22, 2018

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the Chief Executive if he would make immediate arrangements for his staff to meet St Mark's Residents Association, Springfield Estate, Tallaght, to discuss the demands which emerged recently calling for the provision of a Playground / Play Space in the estate; will he appreciate the urgency of this matter and will he make a statement?"

REPLY:

"The end of this year marks the completion of the 2014-2018 playspace programme.  A list of the playspaces which can be completed by the end of the year that will utilise the current funding has been circulated to all members.  Design and build construction tenders are underway for these sites throughout the county.  As most of the remaining sites are in larger open spaces or parklands it is intended to progress them as soon as possible prior to completion of the programme at year end.

Springfield was proposed as a location for a playspace early in the playspace programme.  A number of meetings with residents were held, and the final decision was made at a public consultation meeting where the proposal was comprehensively rejected.  It was agreed by all parties that the proposal should not proceed.

Proposed locations that remain, which will not be completed in this particular Five Year Programme, can be considered in future years under the normal 3 year rolling capital programme, subject to budget being available; however this year's resources are fully committed to the current programme and it is unlikely resources will be available to divert elsewhere."