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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 10, 2018

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report into the Tree Planting programme and how many tree are planned to be planted in 2019 and how many have been planted so far since 2014? Can Tidy Towns or residents groups suggest locations?

REPLY:

Provision has been made in the 2019 budget for the planting of 1,000 trees in various locations around the County.  Records show that since the introduction of a specific tree planting budget provision for the first time in 2016 the following are the relevant figures -  a total of 426 trees were planted in 2016, 606 trees were planted in 2017 and 1,469 trees were planted to date in 2018.  While a substantial part of the tree planting programme is focussed on replacement planting in locations where trees have been removed in the past, the Council's public realm section is happy to consider locations suggested for tree planting by tidy towns and residents groups.