COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
QUESTION NO. 7
QUESTION: Councillor William Joseph Carey
"To ask the Chief Executive why there have been no meetings of the St Cuthbert's Taskforce for almost a year and when the meetings will resume?"
REPLY:
St Cuthbert's High Level Task Force membership includes the following:
- SDCC Elected Members
- Oireachtas Members
- An Garda Síochána
- Local Safety Forum
- SDCC Senior Housing & EWCC personnel
A work programme was agreed and the majority of those works are complete.
Works carried out to date include the following:
- CCTV system installed in 2018 and commissioned in November.
- Hedge maintenance in November 2018 included the removal of vegetation, briars and rubbish in the vicinity of Kilmahuddrick Church.
- Pitch developed Spring 2019 with goal posts installed in February 2019.
- Club facilities - Clondalkin Celtic FC container moved into park July 2019.
- Houses - 63 housing units constructed in south east corner of park off Lealand Avenue 2018/2019.
- Landscaping - Area between Lealand and Lindisfarne estates landscaped following completion of housing project. Includes tree planting boundary treatment and link footpath.
- Surfacing: Entrance at Westbourne Rise resurfaced November 2019
- Boundary: Tender advertised for boundary upgrade works at Melrose Park/Deansrath Park.
Remaining Works To Complete:
- Boundary - Award contract for boundary upgrade works.
We informed Members in February that we intended to re-convene a meeting of the St. Cuthbert's High Level Task force as soon as could be arranged. In the interim the Covid pandemic has led to restrictions and difficulties in scheduling a meeting that all of the membership of the committee (as it stood at the last meeting) could attend.
We intend to convene a remote/virtual meeting of the committee shortly and will contact the membership in that regard.