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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 09, 2020

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor Mary Seery-Kearney

Can I please be advised of the parks cleaning schedule, the exact nature of the works carried out, the frequency of work, the criteria for deciding the extent and frequency of works to be carried out, especially in respect of:

The parks known as: 8 acres, 5 acres, Glendown play space, Tymon Park, Orwell Green, and other large green areas in the Templeogue/Perrystown area. 

Thank you.

REPLY:

The Public Realm maintenance schedule combines cleaning with grass cutting in an effort to ensure that grass is clean before it is cut by the Council's mowers.  In normal times the frequency of cleaning and grass cutting in parks such as Greentrees Park and on open spaces such as Glendown or Orwell is fortnightly and this means that these areas are also cleaned fortnightly ahead of grass cutting.  During the period of the Covid 19 restrictions the number of staff available on any day has been reduced and this has had some impact on the adherence to the fortnightly schedule. 

With regard to the regional and larger parks such as Tymon Park which has a permanent staff presence, there is daily maintenance works carried out consisting of litter picking and litter bin servicing.  Much of Tymon Park is managed for biodiversity meaning that certain grass areas are only cut once or twice per year.   The 30 or so playing pitches are on a weekly cutting schedule in normal times, and this has been brought back to fortnightly during the period of restrictions.