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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor S. O'Hara

"To asks the Chief Executive, that this Area Committee Meeting gets a full update on what protected habitats or species have been found within the area subject to the Rathcoole Master Plan as a result of the biodiversity/ecological studies undertaken on behalf of the Council."

REPORT:

Detailed ecological assessments and surveys were carried out in 2020 by appointed consultants with a draft report received in late 2020.  To further inform the preliminary findings of the draft report and to further inform the decision making process for the master planned lands it was necessary to commission further surveys of the lands in Rathcoole.  Due to Covid 19 restrictions these additional surveys were carried out in May 2021. The draft report now needs to be updated with the findings of these additional surveys and the appointed consultants have been requested to update the draft reports with the findings of these surveys.  As the draft report has not yet been updated with the findings of the May 2021 studies it would be premature to discuss initial findings.