That this area committee agrees that the manager should immediately seek contracts for provision of stand-alone toilets in public areas around the North Central area including Fairview Park, St Annes Park, Clontarf Promenade, Maypark.
Councillors and city residents have been requesting toilets for some years now. The decision taken to provide these alongside coffee kiosks has not worked out and is resulting in a lack of provision of basic toilet facilities. This is very challenging for people with young children, people with bladder issues and women experiencing periods and less than ideal for everyone. Rather than pursuing a delivery model which is not working the area committee agrees that it would be better to install stand-alone public toilets such as those seen in parks areas of Fingal (photo attached)
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That this area committee agrees that the manager should immediately seek contracts for provision of stand-alone toilets in public areas around the North Central area including Fairview Park, St Anne’s Park, Clontarf Promenade, Maypark.
Councillors and city residents have been requesting toilets for some years now. The decision taken to provide these alongside coffee kiosks has not worked out and is resulting in a lack of provision of basic toilet facilities. This is very challenging for people with young children, people with bladder issues and women experiencing periods and less than ideal for everyone. Rather than pursuing a delivery model which is not working the area committee agrees that it would be better to install stand-alone public toilets such as those seen in parks areas of Fingal (photo attached)
Reply:
Waste Management are currently exploring the provision of permanent public toilet facilities. Clontarf Promenade is not planned in the short term, toilet facilities available by DCC for public use in the North Central Area are listed below:
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Dollymount, Bull Wall |
24 Hours |
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St. Anne’s Park Tearooms |
9am to 6pm Monday to Sunday |
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Clontarf Rd. Sports Pitches, Clontarf Road, Dublin 3 |
10am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday |
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Coolock Library, Barryscourt Road, Kilmore, Dublin 17 |
Monday & Thursday 1pm to 8pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10am to 4pm |
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Raheny Library, Howth Road, Raheny, Dublin 5 |
Monday & Thursday 1pm to 8pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10am to 4pm |
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Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9 |
Monday 1pm to 8pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm |
Contact: Richard Whelan, Administrative Officer, Waste Management Services
Email: richard.whelan@dublincity.ie
The Parks Service has serious reservations with regard to proposals for standalone toilets in Public Parks as the experience has been that such facilities come under serious and repeated attack such as the toilets in Fr. Collins Park and indeed as have certain toilets recently installed by Fingal County Council. Furthermore patrons expect such facilities to be inspected and cleaned constantly during the day. For these reasons the combined coffee kiosk and public toilet initiative was introduced as this was seen as addressing these concerns.
With regard to the specific parks referred to above St. Anne’s Park already has public toilets both within the Red Stables Courtyard and just outside. Also a part 8 planning report has been submitted to the Planning Department proposing further toilet blocks in the Park.
A recent tender allowed for a coffee kiosk at the pavilion which provided public access to one of the toilets while the supplier was in attendance. Unfortunately the supplier gave up the licence as footfall has dropped off dramatically once the road works commenced through Fairview. The Parks Service has begun discussions with the next tenderer and it is hoped that a new coffee kiosk will be in place in the coming weeks and public access to the toilet will be restored. The proposals for the Tea Rooms in the park will provide more permanent public toilet facilities.
The Parks Service does not consider the provision of public toilets in local parks such as Maypark as being achievable as there is no staff complement permanently located in such parks.
How public toilets that might be provided on the Clontarf Promenade should be considered as part of the master planning process for the flood defences work along the prom.
Contact: Fergus O’Carroll, Senior Executive Parks Superintendent
Contact No: 01 222 6625
Email: parks@dublincity.ie
Order: Agreed. The members collectively requested that toilets are installed in the area as soon as possible. Director of Services Derek Kelly will follow up with the City Recovery unit on this issue.