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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 11, 2021

QUESTION NO.13

QUESTION: Councillor L. McCrave

To ask the Chief Executive in view of the November 2021 deadline for the registration of Rights of Way with the Property Registration Authority - Has this Council taken steps to register Rights of Way of interest to the Council throughout the County, especially given the importance of outdoor recreation and walking in the context of wellbeing and climate change? And can the Chief Executive outline in his response the legal implications if Rights of Way are not registered with the Property Registration Authority.

REPLY:

As no Rights of Way have been identified in South Dublin, the matter of registration with the Property Registration Authority did not arise.

Should there be an intention to map and list a public right of way for the first time through the Development Plan, there is an obligation under section 14 of the Planning Acts to serve notice on the owner or occupier and follow a set procedure which provides for appeal to the Circuit Court. 

The legal implication beyond 1st December 2021 is a change with respect to the relevant user periods which must be counted as commencing from 1st December 2009. Rights of Way may be still be put forward for registration.