{"id":1527,"date":"2021-03-29T19:38:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T18:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/fingal-social-democrats-make-submission-on-county-tree-strategy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-29T19:38:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T18:38:43","slug":"fingal-social-democrats-make-submission-on-county-tree-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/fingal-social-democrats-make-submission-on-county-tree-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fingal Social Democrats make submission on county tree strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cllr Paul Mulville has worked with members of the Fingal Social Democrats branch to develop a submission to the\u00a0<em>Forest of Fingal Tree Strategy<\/em>\u00a0public consultation.<\/p>\n<p>The submission supports the core objectives of the draft strategy while calling for improved communication with the public around all aspects of tree works.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Mulville said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that it is better for people\u2019s physical and mental health to have as much planting and extension of green spaces as possible in urban and suburban locations. Equally, such an approach supports existing wildlife and biodiversity within Fingal. It is with these issues in mind that our local party felt it was essential to make a submission to the County Tree Strategy public consultation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA central pillar of our submission is to strongly support the proposals contained in the draft strategy for a County Tree Officer to be appointed and a dedicated ringfenced Tree Budget to be established by the council.\u00a0\u00a0Now more than ever, given the restrictions in place due to the Covid-19 emergency period, people are discovering the importance of the natural environment in our local neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, our existing parks and open spaces are under severe pressure.\u00a0\u00a0The Council must look to create native woodland walks and wildflower meadows in existing parks, as well as providing similar amenities in new parks, which are urgently required.\u00a0\u00a0We must support community tree planting initiatives and ensure the planting of sustainable trees and flowers in both existing and new residential developments along urban and suburban streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, Council management must improve their communication with communities and their local representatives.\u00a0We need weekly updates to councillors and the public on tree works. This should list pruning, planting, protection and leaf collection in each local area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere must be proper prior notice and engagement with local residents when long-standing trees are to be removed in an area.\u00a0The Social Democrats start from the principle that removing healthy trees is the last resort and that all alternatives and efforts to resolve an issue must be explored, have a scientific evidence-base and be discussed with communities before a tree is removed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen locally in the Donabate-Portrane area examples of good practice, as well as instances where improvement is required.\u00a0\u00a0For instance, there was understandable anger when two longstanding and much-loved trees on the New (Corballis\/Balcarrick) Road, which had been proudly standing in our area since we were children and long before that, were felled without any warning last week. This incident was in sharp contrast to the recent excellent communication campaign around tree works in Newbridge Demesne.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 29, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cllr Paul Mulville has worked with members of the Fingal Social Democrats branch to develop a submission to the\u00a0Forest of Fingal Tree Strategy\u00a0public consultation. The submission supports the core objectives of the draft strategy while calling for improved communication with the public around all aspects of tree works. Cllr Mulville said: \u201cWe believe that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-paul-mulville"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fingal Social Democrats make submission on county tree strategy - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/fingal-social-democrats-make-submission-on-county-tree-strategy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fingal Social Democrats make submission on county tree strategy - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cllr Paul Mulville has worked with members of the Fingal Social Democrats branch to develop a submission to the\u00a0Forest of Fingal Tree Strategy\u00a0public consultation. 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