COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh

To ask the Chief Executive the following; I understand that a survey was conducted 2 years ago to assess the needs for community centre upgrades. Can the Chief Executive please inform the members as to what Council specific budget is now available from which to do major upgrade works?

REPLY:

No such comprehensive survey or assessment in relation to potential upgrade works across all of the Council's community facilities has been undertaken in recent years. A COVID-related health and safety audit of all community facilities was undertaken in 2020 to assess facility capacity and responsiveness to public health requirements at that time. More recently the Community team have circulated a detailed survey to all our community facilities to gather key information about buildings, governance and utilisation to inform the approach to enhanced centre governance management and support in line with the increased budget provided in this regard in the Council's 2022 Budget.

A number of specific proposed community centre upgrade works are included in the Council's Three-Year Capital Programme 2022-2024 and provision of €150,000 per annum is also made in the Council's Annual Budget for additional community centre upgrade works.  The Communtiy team works with boards of management in relation to identifying maintenance/upgrade requirements and are prioritised based on technical assessment/inspection, available budget and related considerations.