COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 12, 2022

QUESTION NO. 20

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive if a second round of funding for Tidy Towns groups for 2022 will be opened? If this does not take happen, only a fraction of the sum of €100,000 euro budgeted for Tidy Towns groups will be utilized.

REPLY:

The full budget was made available for applications from tidy towns groups across the County for 2022. The funding is provided in the budget for the specific purpose of supporting tidy towns groups and, where possible, any unspent provision will be retained to support groups with the delivery of their 2022 plans.  While some tidy towns groups are in a position to draw down grants by year end, staff in the Community Department are working to support other groups to complete outstanding requirements to complete drawdown but in several cases, proposals for funding are contingent on approval from other parties or there are other challenges with funding drawdown.