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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

QUESTION NO.3

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive if there is any update regarding the ownership of the land beside the Scouts building/site and the Edmundsbury lands, as per the previously agreed motion.

REPLY:

The land on which the Lucan Scouts Den is situated and a portion of the surrounding area to the east of the site are in the registered ownership of the Council, with the Scouts currently occupying part of this land. The remaining lands further to the east, while part of the broader vicinity, are not in the Council’s ownership. The Council can only confirm ownership of lands that are within its ownership. Information on the ownership of other lands is available through Land Registry where a record of ownership of lands and property within the state is maintained. The lands owned by the Council were originally acquired in the 1970s from the St. Laurence O’Toole Trust for open space purposes.

The scouts leadership have been in contact with the Council in recent months and are being assisted with their queries.