MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, November 09, 2015
QUESTION NO.34
QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons
Have all traveller accommodation/ halting sites been checked for health and safety in light of recent tragic events ? Is there a policy on acceptable standards for this type of accommodation?
REPLY:
The Council has provided 16 Sites with Bays for caravans/mobile homes and 4 of these sites are classified as temporary/emergancy currently catering for 31 families. In addition there are 12 Group Housing Schemes.
All of our sites are inspected once a year by a company who are employed by the Council to carry out inspections and to make sure that all fire extinguishers are in place and working properly.
Following on from the Carrickmines tragedy the Chief Fire Officer has been in communication with the local authorities including South Dublin County seeking a list of all our sites and is arranging meetings with this local authority and the Traveller Representative Groups from within our area to discuss the best way to roll out fire safety awareness training and also to carry out audits of our sites.
We will of course fully co-operate with any inspections/ training they wish to implement.
