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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

MOTION NO. 140

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor P. Gogarty, Councillor L. O'Toole

13. Page 31 Community Services Bullet point 4 amend as follows Continue to work in collaboration with the Department of Education on all matters relating to the identification of suitable sites and the Department's delivery of new and extended schools and supporting facilities by delivering adequate outdoor facilities including outdoor toilet facilities to cater for multi-use (school and community) facilities.

REPORT:

The CE Strategic Recommendations under Community Services bullet no. 4 provides for the following:

‘Continue to work in collaboration with the Department of Education on all matters relating to the identification of suitable sites and the Department’s delivery of new and extended schools and supporting facilities within the County’.

The proposed amended wording to this bullet No.4 is:

‘Continue to work in collaboration with the Department of Education on all matters relating to the identification of suitable sites and the Department's delivery of new and extended schools and supporting facilities by delivering adequate outdoor facilities including outdoor toilet facilities to cater for multi-use (school and community) facilities’.

The South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 will continue to include policies and objectives relating to the reservation of sites for primary and post-primary school facilities at suitable locations within the County in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Science. Design requirements for schools and supporting facilities are a matter for the Department of Education and Science. However, any potential for shared facilities between schools and the communities within which they are located should be explored and the CE Recommendation amended to reflect this.

Recommendation:

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment.

The CE Strategic Recommendation under Community Services bullet no. 4 should be revised in order to read as follows:

‘Continue to work in collaboration with the Department of Education on all matters relating to the identification of suitable sites and the Department’s delivery of new and extended schools and supporting facilities within the County and seek insofar as is possible to maximise opportunities for shared common facilities with and for the benefit of the local community’.