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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

QUESTION NO.9

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on maintenance requests in Balgaddy so far this year by category and month received?

REPLY:

The Council categorises all requests for repairs depending on the nature of the problem. These categories are emergency, urgent, routine or cyclical. We endeavour to respond to requests for repairs according to the guidelines below:

CATEGORY

TIMESCALE

EXAMPLE

Emergency

1 – 5 working days

Smoking Fuse Board, Burst water tank

Urgent

10 working days

Leak under sink unit, Leaking roof

Routine

12 weeks +

Replace toilet cistern, Faulty radiator

Cyclical

1 – 7 years

Leaking gutters, replacement hall door etc.

939 work orders have been raised and 427 have been completed for the Balgaddy area to the end of October 2024, as categorised in the tables below: 

Work Orders Raised 2024

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Plumbing

37

24

30

41

24

23

38

18

32

25

Mechanical

49

24

25

35

17

14

13

20

19

32

Electrical

16

18

10

15

8

10

9

7

14

8

Miscellaneous

33

40

31

34

35

17

23

32

21

18

Total:

135

106

96

125

84

64

83

77

86

83

Work Orders Completed 2024

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Plumbing

18

19

20

16

15

17

16

12

19

23

Mechanical

40

21

14

33

12

11

11

18

8

26

Electrical

3

8

5

7

7

1

6

2

0

7

Miscellaneous

3

1

3

2

2

0

0

0

0

1

Total:

64

49

42

58

36

29

33

32

27

57