COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, October 11, 2021
MOTION NO. 15
MOTION: Councillor V. Casserly
That the Chief Executive extend the accessible parking bay mobile phone number alert scheme, successfully piloted in Lucan, to the whole county in support of Operation Enable to further prevent misuse of accessible parking bays
REPORT:
Accessible parking is available for use by disabled drivers / passengers at, or near, most South Dublin County Council public buildings and facilities including:
- County Hall, Tallaght;
- Civic Offices, Clondalkin;
- Across the Library Network;
- Most Community facilities;
- Bohernabreena, Esker and Saggart burial grounds; and
- At a variety of locations across the Parks network.
A Smartphone app showing the location of accessible parking spaces across the Dublin region is available as a free download for both iPhone and Android. Please click one of the following links to download the correct version for your phone:
iPhone Dublin Parking App
Android Dublin Parking App
In 2018, the Council introduced a text alert messaging service in Lucan and Rathfarnham Villages which are areas covered for Pay & Display parking restrictions and prohibitions in the Council's Control of Parking ByeLaws.
This text alert messaging service affords members of the public opportunity to text a dedicated Mobile Phone Number if they notice a vehicle parked illegally in a disabled parking bay, to which a traffic warden is dispatched as soon as practicable.
It would not be possible, within existing resources, to provide this service across the county as a whole. However, the parking unit will examine costs associated with the service to establish if it is possible to extend the text alert messaging service to the parking control areas covered by the ByeLaws.