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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

QUESTION NO.  15

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive as to plans to provide additional community space for communities in South and East Lucan and if he will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

The greater Lucan area is currently served by an existing network of community facilities including Adamstown Community & Youth Centre, Ballyowen Youth & Community Centre, Griffeen Youth Centre, Earlsfort Community Centre, The Bush Community Centre and the Balgaddy Family Resource Centre as well as a number of school buildings that can facilitate out-of-hours community usage.  In addition, a new multi-purpose community centre will be delivered in Balgaddy in conjunction with a new housing development that will shortly progress to tender while the further development of the Adamstown SDZ will incorporate additional community and civic facilities for the Adamstown and Lucan area.  A proposal is currently under consideration by the Council's Property Management team for the disposal of lands near St. Thomas' National School in Esker, subject to Council approval of a future section 183 disposal, with the potential for the development of a shared school-community facility.

Separately, works have been progressing on the construction of the new swimming pool in Lucan along with the forthcoming closure of the existing, adjacent Lucan Leisure Centre to facilitate proposed repair and upgrade works that will, after a procurement process for its management, result in the opening of a combined Lucan sports and leisure campus comprising the two facilities, that will further benefit the Lucan area.