COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, March 22, 2021

QUESTION NO.5

QUESTION: Councillor Liam Sinclair

"That the Chief Executive gives an update on the progress of the tennis courts upgrade to a community hub in Kingswood Heights"

REPLY:

The upgrade of the tennis courts at Kingswood Heights was included in the public realm improvement works programme for 2019 however due to communications received from the Kingswood Heights Residents Association (KHRA) the planned works were put on hold at the end of 2019 pending discussions with the residents group.  A meeting took place with the residents in January 2020 at which it was explained that the Council had no other proposals for development of the area in question other than to upgrade the tennis courts and that there was no other funding available. Agreement was reached that a joint visit would be arranged to inspect tennis courts which had been upgraded in a similar fashion to that proposed at Kingswood however this inspection never took place due to the onset of the pandemic.  The Council's position remains the same as before, it is intended that the commitment to upgrade the tennis courts will be honoured during the course of 2021.  The Council has no plans and no funding to develop of any other type of sports facility there.