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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, February 24, 2020

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

"To ask the Chief Executive given the increase in Anti Social behaviour in and around the Sean Walsh Park, which includes locals wheelie bins being stolen and set on fire, muggings, loitering, is there a plan in place to increase lighting or cctv in the area to help deter anti social behaviour?"

REPLY:

There are existing CCTV systems in place at the bridge from Sean Walsh Park into the Square and at the playground in the park.  There are no plans at the present time to install any additional CCTV systems in Sean Walsh Park.  CCTV in public places is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation and a Data Protection Impact Assessment in respect of installation of CCTV at the proposed location would have to be carried out in the first instance by the Council before the matter could be further considered.

There is substantial public lighting in place on the main roads around the park such as the N81, Old Bawn Road and Whitestown Way and many locations within the park benefit from this external lighting.  In addition there is public lighting in place along the pathway from the roundabout at the entrance to Old Bawn Community College leading to the bridge into the Square.  The corridor along the Whitestown Stream which runs from Whitestown Way to Old Bawn Road and ultimately to the discharge to the Dodder at Balrothery, interconnecting the lakes within the park, is considered to be ecologically sensitive and therefore not suitable for the installation of public lighting there.

Both these issues will be kept under review by the Council's Public Realm Section.