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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, November 25, 2019

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor L. Dunne

"To ask the Chief Executive when the goal posts that were agreed to go into De Selby Estate be installed, that was agreed in previous Tallaght Area Committee meetings?"

REPLY:

"A commitment was given by the Council's Public Realm Section in 2016 to provide informal goal posts in De Selby Estate main open space, however when Council staff went on site to commence work on this in 2017 they were confronted by a group of angry residents who informed the staff that they did not want the goal posts provided.  The Council staff left the site and the erection of goal posts did not proceed.

This matter was discussed again at the June 2018 meeting of the Tallaght area committee and the events on site of the previous year were outlined and discussed.  The Public Realm Section does not intend proceeding with this project while a group of residents who would be directly affected by the provision of the goal posts remain opposed to it and are likely to confront staff again if they go on site.  It seems that an agreement between those in favour and those against the proposal will have to be reached in order for the project to proceed."