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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 28, 2020

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to detail his continued efforts to improve the condition and image of Cookstown Industrial Estate and will he make a statement?

REPLY:

The adoption of the Tallaght Local Area Plan (LAP) now provides an established framework that will shape the future development of the Cookstown area. As well as outlining the physical and social objectives for the development of the area over the next 6 years, it also includes a series of policies and objectives that will support the creation of new jobs and the overall regeneration of the area. Collectively, the physical, social and economic objectives of the LAP will create a platform to enhance the physical redevelopment of Cookstown and act as an economic stimulus for employment creation and financial investment within the LAP lands. In support of this, the delivery of the Tallaght LAP and the realisation of its objectives will be a priority of the Local Authority over the next 6 years.

Meanwhile the Council Budget has continued to provide for the Business Support Funds (BSF) scheme and we continue to engage with the stakeholders in Cookstown Industrial Estate. A direct marketing campaign is planned for next month (October) for Cookstown and other targetted estates to encourage engagement with business owners under BSF.

The BSF also includes Microenterprise/Start-up Support which encourages new micro enterprise owners who upgrade an existing vacant premises to avail of a graduated “rates holiday” for up to two years.

The development of a new enterprise/innovation space with associated enterprise support services in the County which was endorsed by the members of the County Council in 2018 is now progressing through to planning and subject to same will progress to construction stage in early 2021. The 3,000sq. metre enterprise/innovation facility which will be located on the Tallaght Corridor, i.e., between the ITT (now TU Dublin, Tallaght Campus) and Tallaght University Hospital is adjacent to Cookstown neighbourhood and will be a significant addition to the area, in conjunction with other proposed significant developments along the Corridor.