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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 13, 2022

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor K. Mahon

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the proposed Heritage Centre in Tallaght. The report to include who will own and manage the centre, whether staff will be directly hired and which forum will be used to develop and economic and financial aspects.

REPLY:

EPIC Interpretative Planning Consultants have been appointed to develop the vision, content and visitor experience for the new Tallaght Heritage Centre, with stakeholder engagement complete and a public consultation process underway that is asking for the public to share their heritage related stories in the County, thereby informing the proposition for the new centre. In tandem with this, initial survey and design work has started on the nature, scale, and typology of the proposed Heritage Centre building, with a public procurement process to appoint the new building’s design consultants due to commence imminently.

It is too early in the process to outline and detail the full operational aspects of the building, including staffing levels, resource requirements, means of recruitment, hours of operation and so forth, as this will be directly informed as part of the design process for the building. Integral to this, will be the potential for a complementary use within the building to support its ongoing animation and activation as part of everyday use. This will be explored as part of the building’s design and upon completion of same, South Dublin County Council will then be able to determine the operational requirements of this new facility and the means by which the new service will be delivered to the public. Notwithstanding this, it can be confirmed that South Dublin County Council will own the new Heritage Centre and will have overall responsibility for its management.