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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
QUESTION NO. 9
QUESTION: Councillor S. O'Hara
"To ask the Chief Executive As the Parking Bylaws are being worked on parking permits for residents of Laurel Park Clondalkin, are only being renewed for 6 months at a time. Each resident has to upload evidence of residency, tax, insurance, and driver's license every time. They are currently doing this for the fourth time in two years. Residents usually only have to do this annually. Can it be reverted to annually?"
REPLY:
Due to the imminent review of Parking Bye Laws the Council had outlined that it was renewing permits for a six month period and it is acknowledged that this was a departure from the normal permit issue / renewal policy whereby heretofore permits were issued for a validity period of twelve months. The decision to limit the permit period was also made on the basis that simultaneously, the Council was embarking on a new procurement process to secure a new contract for the management of our parking services, including the management of our parking permits. For these reasons it was considered prudent at that time to apply this limit to allow for an intended seamless transition to the new contract for both customer and contractor.
For varying reasons outside of our control, neither processes were concluded within the anticipated timeframes and accordingly, unfortunately and with regret, the decision to limit permit validity for six months has, on reflection, impacted negatively on customers who have had to apply for several intervening renewals.
It is confirmed that the new contract for the management of our parking services is now in place and the systems to accept and process permits for a twelve month validity period fully operational from 1st April 2021.
It is also expected that the Bye Laws review process will be fully concluded in May 2021.