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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor S. O'Hara

"To ask the Chief Executive for a full ecological and habitat study to be carried out before any plans are finalised for the Woodlands in Rathcool?"

REPLY:

Initial ecological screenings were carried out as part of the masterplan process for the lands at Rathcoole, which was followed by further preliminary ecological assessment. The findings of that process recommended that a full habitat and botanical survey be conducted along with a bat survey, breeding bird survey, hedgerow classification, invasive species and large mammal survey. The draft findings of this ecological baseline survey, which are currently awaited by SDCC, will further inform the extent and layout of proposals on the lands including any future Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA).