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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor Y. Collins

To ask for an update in relation to the tree maintenance works planned for Rathfarnham Castle Park and Rathfarnham Wood estate on foot of the recently completed arborists report, and an approximate time frame within which the works will be carried out?

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council engaged an independent arborist to survey the trees in Rathfarnham Castle Park in 2023, any tree maintenance works identified as necessary during those surveys have now been completed. In total 28 trees required tree maintenance works and 10 of these required removal due to defects that were identified by the Arborist. As part of our Park Management plan the council has planted 175 additional trees in recent years throughout the park grounds, further succession tree planting is planned on our upcoming tree planting programme.

Similarly following the Council's recent engagement of an independent arborist to survey all trees in Rathfarnham Wood Estate, tree maintenance works are now due to commence on Monday April 15th in that estate. Homeowners will be issued a leaflet advising of the upcoming works in the estate prior to any works commencing on site. The planned works consist of the removal of 23 trees and stumps and the pruning of a further 13 trees.