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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

MOTION NO. 12

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

There is Japanese Knotweed on some laneways in Palmerstown, can it ne removed and notices put up warning people not to touch it.

REPORT:

The Council's invasive species management programme includes surveying, mapping and treating locations of invasive species on Council owned land. This involves the identification of locations where invasive species are present and then putting in place the surveying, mapping and treatment at the location concerned on an annual basis until such time as treatment is no longer required and monitoring can take over. Signs can also be erected at locations if considered necessary. 

A number of knotweed locations have been identified in Palmerstown Lanes and these have been mapped and are being treated.  Treatment first started in 2018 and will continue until all knotweed has been eliminated.  The locations in question will be examined and signs erected if required.