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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Exective to present a report on the Tree Programme including the numbers and types of Trees planted and will he make a statement in the matter?

REPLY:

The tree planting programmes for Winter 2021- Spring 2022 was presented to the Area Committees in November 2021.

Covid restrictions in the period Jan to April '21 meant that tree planting did not take place during the planting season. The late Autumn in 2021 also delayed planting in the latter half of the year.

The planting commitments for the 2021/2022 season were as follows

Tallaght area - 648

Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Firhouse & Bohernabreena - 533

Clondalkin - 544

Lucan North Clondalkin & Palmerstown – 523

Tree planting will be completed in Tallaght, Rathfarnham and Clondalkin area in the 2021/2022 Winter Spring season, Lucan planting is scheduled for Winter 2022.

In addition to this list of trees to be planted on streets, open spaces and parks, additional trees will be planted as part of development projects with over 2,500 trees planted over the 2021/22 season.