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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, November 25, 2024

MOTION NO. 6

MOTION: Councillor T. Costello

"On a recent visit to St Dominic's Community centre I noted the great service to the community however the footprint of this community centre is very small and limits the amount of people /activities that the centre can cater for, i would like to call on the manager to request that a review of the centre be carried out with a view to extending the building to give extra space to this vital amenity for this area?"

REPORT:

The Dominic’s Community Centre was constructed by the Council in 2008 as a part of a housing development scheme, to replace the old St Muirin’s House, which was demolished to facilitate the construction of new housing units in Avonbeg Gardens.

Since the initial build, the centre has been extended with an additional room built on in 2014, to provide extra space to accommodate both additional childcare provision and for a designated youth space. The perimeter fence to the rear of the building was also extended to take in additional green space, following agreement with Public Realm and has been used to locate extra storage units and for additional play space area.

The Centre is well used and is actively supported by the Community Services Dept through a range of advice and supports including funding allocated from a number of our community grant programmes.

The local management committee have had some discussions with Community Services in relation to the expansion of the centre and while on initial review there may be some merits to extend the centre in the future, a detailed technical assessment with resources allocated from the Council’s Architectural Services Dept is required.

Currently the proposed project is not contained within the Council’s 3 year capital programme and cannot be progressed until a number of the existing new build community facilities and extension/upgrade of existing facilities contained within the capital programme commitments are progressed. The Community Services Department are committed to have the proposal reviewed and technically examined, with a view of how best to progress when resources become available.