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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 09, 2026

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor N. Whelan

That this Council requests that a rolling list of street lights, with faults resulting in longer fixes, is made available to the public and to councillors to prevent duplicate requests for repair and to promote a more streamlined method of communication with constituents on these issues.

REPORT:

SDCC Public Lighting section have made significant progress with regards to lantern failures over the last 12 months and currently the outage percentage in the county is at c3.6%. In 2025 there were 6,178 public lights repaired, this was a 23% increase on 2024 and equates to an average of 17 columns being repaired daily.

Third party contractors to support the ESB are due to come on stream in 2026 and with this additional resource, it is envisaged that the LED programme roll-out will increase and allow SDCC to reduce the number of outages even further.

Due to the volume of repairs, the different categories of lanterns and the interdependence of public lighting repairs with the LED upgrade programme, the generation and updating of a ‘live’ list is not feasible. 

We are committed to a high quality customer service and will continue to engage with the public and members on public lighting. In addition, we have added an additional performance measure in the Annual Service Delivery Plan 2026 (ASDP) which will report the number of lanterns repaired within 14 days. The ASDP targets 85% of public lights to be repaired with 14 days.