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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, April 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 16

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive if the Social Credit Scheme, first developed within this Council in 2010, and subsequently promoted nationally and supported by the Dublin Regional Authority as part of the Carbon Social Credit Scheme, can now be further adapted to promote and support our Climate Change Action Plan.

REPLY:

The Social credits scheme was first developed within South Dublin County Council in 2010, and from 2011 to 2012 was promoted nationally and supported by the Dublin Regional Authority as part of the Carbon Social Credit Scheme.

Since 2012 the scheme has once again become  South Dublin County Council's Social Credits Scheme, and is currently running and proving very successful.

A number of the initiatives currently within the social credits scheme promote and support the Council's Climate Action Plan. For example

• Stop Food Waste Initiatives
• Community clean-ups
• Minor landscaping project that provides native seeds, bulbs and plants
• Green Dog Walkers initiative
• National Spring Clean
• Workshops eg upcycling, composting
• Information leaflets eg Waste Prevention “Hints & Tips“ booklets, Greener Gardening booklets, Green Cleaning booklet

In addition all groups can also get involved in Environmental Awareness initiatives, see exemplar list below, by running an event in the local community, for which supports will be provided by the Council's Environmental Awareness & Education unit:

• EWWR European (Week for Waste Reduction)
• Stoop Food Waste campaigns are run throughout the year
• ECO week, we offer community workshops
• Bulbs not Bonfires
• Green Dog Walker, hold a community day giving information and signing up new pledges

The Social Credit Scheme is continuously reviewed and adapted as appropriate, and will continue to promote and support the Council's Climate Change Action Plan