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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 13, 2025

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor Y. Collins

That this Council accelerates the rollout of the public lighting upgrade to more energy efficient LEDs to ensure that there is proper public lighting throughout the Council area during the winter months, particularly given the difficulty in sourcing and replacing the older type SOX lighting, as necessary, in areas where the rollout is still pending.

REPORT:

SDCC have upgraded all SOX lanterns in the county that do not require the attendance of ESB on site.

The remaining SOX lanterns (circa 5000) require the ESB in attendance to upgrade them. Meetings are being held monthly with the ESB to try secure resources for this work and this has been somewhat successful as we are on track to exceed our output from 2024. However we are still not meeting our desired output due to ESB resource unavailability.

The frustration regarding the slow delivery of the LED programme is understandable but the ability to accelerate the rollout is not within our control.