Safeguarding the Grangegorman Bring Centre for the future

In the days since I secured the future of the Bring Centre, Dublin City Council officials have been working to give effect to the commitments made to me by the Chief Executive. 

I, therefore, wanted to share a brief update on the status of that work and effectively, how, my actions last month along with my Fine Gael and Independents colleagues have safeguarded the Bring Centre in Grangegorman.

 

Dublin City Council and Grangegorman Development Agency have reached agreement in principle on a proposal to ensure the short and medium term continuance of a bring centre facility in Grangegorman that provides the full range of services currently offered in the existing Grangegorman Bring Centre. Negotiations to reach formal agreement of the proposals will begin next week.

 

The existing Grangegorman Bring Centre will remain in place for a further two years. Following this two year period, the facility will move to a temporary site directly adjacent to the current bring centre for a further five year period. The crucial point to note is that this proposed site will facilitate all of the existing recycling services currently available at Grangegorman Bring Centre. The development of this new temporary facility will progress during the two year period outlined above. 

 

This proposal will ensure the continued provision of bring centre services in Grangegorman for a total of seven years, during which time Dublin City Council will source and develop a new permanent recycling facility in the Stoneybatter and wider Dublin 7 area.

As always, I will work to keep you updated of further developments in respect of the safeguarding of Dublin 7’s Bring Centre.