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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor Lyn Hagin Meade

To ask if there are areas of SDCC owned fruiting hedgerow (eg blackberries, rosehips, elderflower) that are not sprayed and are suitable for picking/human consumption. If so, is there a map available to the general public to locate these areas?

REPLY:

Hedgerows in park locations such as Tymon Park, Kiltipper Park and Dodder Valley Park as well as other locations around the county are cut every two or three years approximately and this encourages biodiverstiy in the hedgerows which includes the growth of brambles and berries.  No spraying takes place in these parks so the fruit to be found in these hedgerows is suitable for picking and eating.  Hedgerows in the rural parts of the county where they bound private land are not owned or maintained by the Council, it is therefore not possible to confirm if they have been sprayed by the landowners.