COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE 1
Monday, November 20, 2006
QUESTION 24
QUESTION: Cllr. Karen Warren
“To ask the Manager if he intends replacing the windows at (Details supplied), if this street is included in the window replacement programme, the likely timeframe involved for this project, and if he will make a statement on the matter?
REPLY
All council houses built post -1996 are fitted with double glazed windows, accounting for 11% of the Council’s rented housing stock in the Tallaght /Rathfarnham areas.
South Dublin County Council’s countywide Accelerated Gas Fired Central Heating Programme has recently been successfully completed ahead of the National Anti Poverty Strategy targets.
In order to maximise energy efficiency in the Council’s rented housing stock and in the interest of achieving common quality standards, the County Architects Department in association with the Housing Projects Section has decided to proceed with a number of programmes including a countywide window replacement programme and a programme of outer cavity wall insulation.
In the first quarter of 2005 a sample survey was carried out on windows in 12 estates countywide in order to determine the fabric condition of these windows. Following analysis of the results of the survey it was decided to proceed with a pilot programme of 622 units in designated estates as follows: Kilcarrig Estate, Killinarden Estate, Drumcairn Estate, Tallaght and St Marks Estate, Clondalkin.
Funding approval for this pilot programme was notified from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in March 2006. The closing date for receipt of completed tenders was the 9th June 2006. The tendering process has been completed and two contractors have now been appointed. The Contractors are at present on site carrying out surveys and it is anticipated the installation process will commence during the month of November.
Subsequent phases of this programme have not been decided on as yet, as this will depend on progress in the pilot programme. Most of the housing units in Tymon North Estate date from 1979. As this is a countywide programme all houses in Tymon North will be included in the above programme. The Architectural Services Department has indicated that based on the numbers of dwellings requiring double glazed units and the scope of works involved, the programme is likely to be phased over the 6 year period 2006-2011.