COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 11, 2006

QUESTION No. 17

QUESTION: Cllr. Guss O'Connell

To ask the Manager if he is satisfied that everything is being done to ensure that residents who live close to the "Inner Ring Road" will not have to endure unhealthy or unsafe air or noise pollution when the current works are completed and in particular to report on the locations and readings of monitoring stations that informed the Environmental Impact Statement, what level of current monitoring is in place/planned and to fully report on all findings relating to this matter?

REPLY

As part of An Bord Pleanala's approval to the scheme Council is obliged to provide air monitoring during the course of the construction of the scheme.  This is undertaken at four locations and the results of this monitoring are available on request.  General air pollution monitoring is undertaken by Fingal County Council on a countywide basis as part of the Dublin local authorities environmental monitoring programme.