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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 11, 2024

QUESTION NO.28

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to give details of his plans for the roll out of further Teen Spaces; will he give details in respect of each electoral area and will he make a statement? 

REPLY:

Following consultation and engagement with teenagers and stakeholders in South Dublin the council agreed and implemented the Teenspace Programme which is being rolled out across the county. Each location is subject to consultation with local teenagers and, in 2022, a review of the programme was carried out, showing the successful delivery of several projects at that stage.  Additional teenspace locations were agreed by the council at that stage:

Teenspace 1st phase:

• Ballycragh (Rathfarnham / Templeogue / Firhouse / Bohernabreena): Complete
• Avonbeg (Tallaght Central) : Complete 2023
• Collinstown (was in Clondalkin LEA when first proposed, now Palmerstown/Fonthill): Complete
• Kingswood (Tallaght Central): Complete 2023.
• Esker (Lucan area): consultants appointed; draft designs done; operator advice being compiled.

Teenspace 2^nd phase:

• St. Cuthberts Park: (Clondalkin area) construction to commence in coming weeks (March 2024)
• Esker Phase 2 (Lucan area): Complete 2023
• Bancroft (Tallaght Central): Complete 2023
• Templeogue area, Limekiln (Rathfarnham / Templeogue Area): Complete 2023

Teenspace 3rd Phase:

• Carrigmore Park ( Tallaght South Area ): Tender stage
• Rathcoole Park (Clondalkin Area): Tender stage
• Clondalkin (Clondalkin Area): Tender stage
• Griffeen Valley Park (Northern Section) (Lucan Area): not commenced as yet
• Sean Walsh Park ( Tallaght Central): Tender Stage
• Dodder Valley Park, Western Section (Tallaght Central Area ): not commenced as yet
• Dodder Valley Park, Eastern Section ( Firhouse Bohernabreena ): not commenced as yet
• Whitechurch Open Space (Rathfarnham / Templeogue Area): initial consultation completed.

These projects are at various stages of delivery as set out above, with a number successfully completed and well received by the local teenagers and their communities.