COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive how many trees will be planted this year in this LAC and what percentage will be native Irish Trees?

REPLY:

The Council’s Tree Planting Programme will be implemented between November '23 and March '24 as this is the most appropriate time of the year for planting bare-root and root-balled trees.  The Council's Public Realm Section plants on average 2,500 trees each year and it is expected that approximately 600 of these will be planted in the Lucan/Palmerstown/North Clondalkin areas in the planting programme to be carried out this winter. 

Native trees are planted wherever possible however the selection of replacement roadside trees is restricted by tree suitability and also the need to match existing trees which are already growing on the road.   It is expected that approximately one third of the trees to be planted will be native tree species.