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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 09, 2023

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

To ask the Chief Executive for a report into What is happening with residue of 2022 Tidy Town funding.? This is 3rd year the TT budget was not fully allocated to various TT groups.

REPLY:

The full budget provision for 2022 to support Tidy Towns was made available to relevant groups across the County and, while some groups were able to progress their plans and draw down funding by year end, staff in the Community Department continue to support additional groups to complete outstanding requirements for draw down of funding with some applications contingent on input and approval from third parties.  In such instances 2022 funding will be retained to support the applications submitted where appropriate but overall, a reduced number of applications was received.

From January 2023 the budget to support Tidy Towns activities is being managed by the Public Realm Section and the 2023 grants process to support groups will be communicated in the coming weeks.