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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 13, 2022

QUESTION NO.21

QUESTION: Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the procedure/s in place for access to each of the public parks under the care of SDCC, after closing hours, and in the event of emergency vehicle call-outs.

REPLY:

The Council's Public Realm Section maintains a close working relationship with both the Gardai and the fire service with regular contact taking place about many issues including access to public parks.  Access barriers to parks are all locked using a universal type lock across all locations which means that one single master key can open any of these locked gates.  Copies of this key have been left in all Garda stations and at Belgard fire station.  It must be remembered however that when an emergency response is required in a park the fire brigade unit responding may not always have a key with them and in that instance the emergency services will cut the lock to gain entry, and this will be replaced by Public Realm staff after the event.