COMHAIRLE CONTAE FHINE GALL
FINGAL COUNTY COUNCIL
BALBRIGGAN/SWORDS AREA COMMITTEE MEETING
[Services A – Operational Matters]
Thursday, 8th October 2015
ITEM NO. 17
Question: Councillor B. Dennehy
"To ask the Chief Executive as to the year when life guards ceased to patrol the
North Beach for the summer season."
Reply:
Fingal’s Lifeguard service patrols the designated beaches according to the published
Bathing Season requirements i.e. weekends for the month of June and every day for
July and August. The lifeguard rosters are carefully managed to ensure that
sufficient lifeguards are rostered to work, and that adequate days off/rest time is
included.
Rush North Beach is not a designated bathing area. When there is a forecast of good
weather, the expectation is that the numbers of visitors to beaches will rise and the
lifeguards are rostered accordingly, and resources permitting, lifeguards may also be
rostered on beaches which are not designated bathing areas.
This summer, the decision was taken to roster Lifeguards on Rush North Beach for
the August weekend as the Rush Harbour Festival took place that weekend and the
main activity of the festival took place at the harbour park which is just off Rush
North Beach.
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