COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

MOTION NO. 23

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell, Councillor Alan Hayes, Councillor Shane Moynihan, Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh

That this committee wishes to put on record its appreciation and recognition of the vital contribution made, to both the Environment and their own Communities, by the Voluntary members of Tidy Town Committees. While acknowledging the financial supports provided by Management to Tidy Towns Groups and the excellent working relationships with Council outdoor staff at local level, the elected members call on the Chief Executive to put in place arrangements that maximises the strengths of the Council and of Tidy Towns Groups and makes for better efficiency all round. Perhaps a statutory/voluntary liaison forum where both the relevant departments of Council and individual Tidy Towns Groups can work collaboratively in a complementary manner to realise and implement, in a seamless manner, both the County Council long term and short term development and maintenance plans for the area and the long term and short term development and maintenance plans of the local Tidy Towns Groups, that provision be made in the annual budgets of the relevant departments to meet these plans in an incremental manner and that the process be coordinated by a Senior Council Official. That this item be brought to the next full Council meeting as a headed item.

REPLY:

SDCC provide administrative and operational support to all Tidy Towns groups. A dedicated email address tidytowns@sdublincoco.ie has been set up to ensure any queries on Tidy Towns are dealt with as soon as possible once the query is received. Community section currently liaise with EWCC, LUPT etc. where necessary, to ensure the queries are dealt with in a timely manner. The email address is dedicated to tidy towns only.

The Community team are supporting the current applicants through final queries in relation to their successful grant applications.  The current budget set for Tidy Towns is €100,000 via the online application process which is currently closed. No new grant round is planned in 2022. 

The Tidytowns remit is moving from Community section to EWCC. This move is almost complete. The staff member will be available very shortly to meet and greet with the individual Tidy Towns groups, addressing any concerns and to put plans in place with each group to progress current and future developments within the remit of the Council and the Tidy Towns group.