Calls for a County Outdoor Trading Strategy for businesses
An ice-cream van in Tymon Park

Calls for a County Outdoor Trading Strategy for businesses

THERE are calls for a County Outdoor Trading Strategy, including a revision of the casual trading sites and process in South County Dublin.

At a recent council meeting, Fianna Fáil councillor Shane Moynihan put a motion forward, calling on the council to develop a County Outdoor Trading Strategy.

A clear strategy of how businesses can be supported in harnessing the potential of outdoors trading was also requested as part of the motion.

In their response, the council said that: “The overall broad policy of the Council is to be as supportive and enabling as possible to business across a range of activities.”

In their report, the council outlined the Outdoor Seating & Accessories for Tourism & Hospitality Business, which provides support to individual hospitality and tourism businesses towards the cost of equipment to provide additional outdoor seating and to increase outdoor dining capacity for the summer months.

The grant covers outdoor tables, chairs, umbrellas, electric heaters, screen/windbreaks, plant stands and wooden platforms and is open to attractions, hotels, restaurants, cafes, public houses or other tourism and hospitality business establishments where food is sold for consumption on the premises.

The report also detailed a renewed Tourism Event and Festival Grant scheme, which takes into account challenges by event organisers under current restrictions on indoor and outdoor gatherings.

This renewed scheme will be launched in time for the easing of restrictions on organised indoor and outdoor events.

The local authority added that the Designated Trading Areas and appropriate fees are set out in the First Schedule of The South Dublin County Council Casual Trading Byelaws 2016 made by resolution at the meeting of South Dublin County Council held on 20th June 2016.

If the motion is passed a review of the Casual Trading Byelaws 2016 will be referred to the Environment, Public Realm and Climate Change Strategic Policy Committee.

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