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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 12, 2023

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the CEO if he plans to provide further Teen Space facilities throughout our County and will he give details and make a statement? Charlie O'Connor

REPLY:

Following the agreement of the council for the teenspace programme, a funded programme of delivery is now underway in SDCC. The initial projects that were proposed are set out below:

Phase 1

Phase 2

The above projects are at various stages of delivery; teenspaces are fully complete and successfully opened at Collinstown Park, Ballycragh Park. The MUGA at Avonbeg and the teenspace at Griffeen Park Esker are both substantially completed. Templeogue-Limekiln and Bancroft are on site and close to completion, Kingswood is about to commence on site, to be completed late June 2023. The teenspace at St. Cuthberts was incoproated into the Part 8 proposals that were passed by the Council in 2022 and will be included in the construction tender which will issue for that park shortly.

In addition to the above programme proposals and following its success; a teenspace was included at Tandy's Lane Park, which is now completed and open and is a successful addition to the park in Lucan.

A further round of engagement with teenagers was carried out in 2022 to assess the delivery of the teenspace programme to that date. The response was very positive and an interim report was submitted to councillors. The 2023 -2025 capital budget approved an additional €900,000 to deliver an additional 8 No. phase 3 projects as set out below. As per the interim report; the suggestions made by teenagers will be incorporated into the teenspace programme going forward. 

Phase 3