COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

"That this Area Committee compliments South Dublin County Council staff for the stencilling of the 2 metre distance signs on paths in public parks around the LEA and asks the Chief Executive if some additional stencilling can be carried out with messages encouraging citizens to dispose of their litter properly?"

REPLY:

The stencils placed in parks were a once off measure to help address the issues arising from the Covid pandemic. There are no proposals to extend this type of stencilling at present.

We will be examining the options for signage in the development of a Signage Strategy for parks on open spaces. In that context we will consider guidelines such as those issued by the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government in June 2010, which set out what is considered to be best practice and includes a requirement to control the proliferation of signage. It is now accepted practice to minimise signage where possible as proliferation of signage, can reduce the effectiveness of essential signage.