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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor Y. Collins

To set out in tabular form by year from 2019 to date, the amount of funding allocated for tree maintenance, to include tree pruning, tree felling, tree stump removal and tree replanting.

REPLY:

The budget provision for tree maintenance and tree planting for the 5 year period from 2019 to 2023 is shown in the table below.  The total provision over the 5 year period is €16,782,800.  There is no specific provision within the budget for the various activities such as pruning, removal or planting with all those activities drawing from the overall budget provision.  The expenditure on tree planting has been in the region of €300,000 each year with this amount increasing over the years with increasing costs.

Year       Provision      
2019 €2,796,000
2020 €3,441,000
2021 €3,796,400
2022 €3,680,900
2023 €3,068,500