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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor P. Foley

"To ask the Chief Executive can details be provided of the treatment for Japanese Knotweed in the RTT area that was administered this year? Maps for the areas treated, if available, would be appreciated. If maps are unavailable details of the locations treated would suffice."

REPLY:

The GIS Invasive Species mapping system is currently down and the Council's IT Department are trying to have this matter rectified at the minute.  The data which this system provides with regard to the number of sites affected by various invasive species types, the area covered at each site, the treatment history etc is currently therefore unavailable.  Without access to that accurate data the following report has been compiled from diary records provided by the two operatives working on the mapping and treatment programme.  This data will be verified against the data contained in the GIS system and a detailed report will be extracted from the GIS system, once it is available again.

The following list includes 25 general locations containing multiple sites of invasive species within the Rathfarnham/Templeogue-Terenure area which have been treated in 2018. Of those 25 locations 13 were treated twice, 11 on a single occasion and at one site the invasive species was removed. Maps are not available at present however the list of locations treated are outlined below. The list contains all invasive species not only Japanese Knotweed.

Boden Park/ Owendoher  – knotweed (sprayed with round up)

Cherryfield park- knotweed (injected/sprayed – round up); 2 treatments

Dodder river/Kilvere – knotweed balsam/ injected 4 sites)

Dodder valley Park (sprayed giant hogweed - round up); 2 treatments

Dodder Valley Park/ Kilvere; balsam - removed

Dodder View Road – (sprayed /injected with round up); 3 sites along rhb.

Edmondstown Court – knotweed (sprayed with round up)

Edmonstown road river bank –knotweed/ Indian balsam (sprayed/injected – round up); 2 treatments

Green route/ Santa Maria; - knotweed (sprayed and injected with round up) 2 treatments

Green route/Santa Maria – knotweed (injected - round up); 2 treatments

Hillside park open space - knotweed (sprayed – round up)

Kilakee Road – knotweed (sprayed with round up)

Kiltipper Lane: knotweed (injected with round up)

Owendoher Crescent –knotweed/balsam (injected – round up); 2 treatments

Owendoher river x 3 sites- knotweed (sprayed and injected - round up); 2 treatments  

Ownedoher river/Woodside – knotweed (injected – round up); 2 treatments

Prospect Manor river banks – (sprayed/injected with round up) 2 treatments

Rear of Brookvale estate – knotweed (sprayed with round up)

Rear off Cherryfield halting site/ lhb – 3 new stands (injected with round up)

River bank Dodder View Road - knotweed x 4 sites (sprayed – round up) 2 treatments

Riverside cottages – knotweed/balsam (injected – round up); 2 treatments

St.Endas Park – knotweed (injected with round up)

St.Marys Avenue- knotweed (sprayed/injected - round up); 2 treatments

Wainsfort open space – knotweed (sprayed – round up)

Willbrook Grove/ Street - knotweed (sprayed/injected -round up); 2 treatments