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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

MOTION NO. 6

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Manager responsible for a report on the maintenance of the laneways in Palmerstown and to include in the report what action has been taken in relation to Japanese Knotweed on some of these lanes (as previously reported by this Councillor) and to make a statement.

REPORT:

The Public Realm Section are maintaining the laneways in Palmerstown on a six-week cleansing cycle. The maintenance work carried out includes litter removal, removal of fly-tipped waste and the removal or spraying of weeds as required.  Dumping incidents that occur in the lanes do not follow any pattern and often necessitate the visiting of lanes on a more frequent basis.  Lanes that are more prone to dumping can therefore receive more visits than those where dumping is infrequent or is absent.

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. 

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.