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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 13, 2023

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor A. Hayes

To ask the Manager how many issues were logged with the Council's Out-of-hours number during Storm Agnes and how many of these issues were dealt with before SDCC offices reopened on Thursday 28th September.

REPLY: On the night of storm Agnes on 27th-28th September, records show there were 17 calls logged Out of Hours. 11 of these were answered at the time.  A Roads Maintenance report from the storm has 14 separate incidents responded to during the storm, consisting of downed trees and some flooding issues.

The Out-of-hours service is intended to resolve the issue if possible and if not to make the area safe. In the scenario of fallen trees these are often pushed to the side of the road during the night and arrangements are made to clear it the following day when better working conditions prevail