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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor C. Brady

To ask the manager to outline the budget allocated for 2025 to the tree maintenance programme for the area and the actual spend for 2024, and 2023?

REPLY:

The revenue budget for 2025 was agreed by the elected members at the annual budget meeting which was held on Thursday November 14th and includes a provision for tree and hedgerow management for the entire county of €4.59 million.  The budget is not broken down by electoral area, nor is expenditure on the agreed tree works programme recorded to give a breakdown by electoral area.  The actual expenditure on tree maintenance in 2023 was €2.91m while the actual expenditure in 2024 was €3.84m.