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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

To ask the Chief Executive to set out the types of and location of trees to be planted in this electoral area in 2020, with particular emphasis on the location of replacement trees where trees have previously had to be removed due to storm damage and/or disease or otherwise.

REPLY:

Tree planting took place in the Rathfarnham, Templeogue area in February and March 2020. The tree species and locations were presented to the members in November 2019 and is available on the Council’s website at the following link.

https://www.sdcc.ie/en/services/environment/tree-management/tree-planting-programme/rathfarnham-templeogue-firhouse-bohernabreena-tree-planting-programme-spring-2020.pdf

332 trees were planted in total in the area.

Replacement trees are planted according to recommendation in the Council’s Tree Management Policy listed below -

If a site where a tree was removed is suitable to support a new tree, the site may be replanted with a suitable tree species. Because the stump has to be placed on a stump removal list and sufficient time needs to elapse to allow breakdown of residual underground root material, the process from removal to replanting may take up to 3-5 years. Replacement tree planting will only take place during the dormant season.