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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, May 12, 2025

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor J. Sinnott

To ask the Chief Executive to outline the process for introducing and approving disc parking into a residential estate.

REPLY: 

The Council manages general parking restrictions and prohibitions via the Control of Parking Byelaws.   These byelaws set out Parking Control Areas (Pay & Display Areas), Parking Charges and Hours of Application.

Parking Control Areas are located both "on-street" and "off-street" and include some residential areas.   These controlled areas are identified and approved through the process of making the Council's Control of Parking Byelaws, which is a reserved function of the Elected Members. 

Residential (and visitor) Parking Permits may be provided to residents who make application for same, where they reside in a designated Pay & Display area. Use of such areas are not exclusive to residents with permits, as these roads / streets are "in charge" of the Council and parking may also be available to the general public, at the appropriate charge / display of valid parking ticket.

Detail on parking permits for residents are provided in the South Dublin County Council (Control of Parking) Bye-laws 2021, Sections IV and V. Pay & Display areas are set out in Appendix 3. See link sdcc-control-of-parking-bye-laws-2021.pdf.  

New areas or amendments to existing areas can only be introduced when bye-laws are being reviewed and previous byelaws repealed.

The current Bye-Laws came into operation on the 1st July, 2021, and there are no immediate plans to review the bye laws.