Henny Penny
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An article in my local paper covered a meeting of the local county council and a discussion regarding the provision of a playground in a local authority housing estate. One of the local representatives is quoted as saying that the people in the estate do not want a playground ... as it will attract anti-social behaviour. The council have decided because of this not to go ahead with their plan to install a playground.
It makes me so mad ... firstly the govenment has a national play strategy ... which local authorities are part of .... they have play policies in place which include the provision of playgrounds. Why are playgrounds not exempted developments? Why can the citizens of an estate decide that just because they don't want a playground near them that they have the right to deny children of the area the opportunity to play? Anti-social behaviour seems to be the new catch phrase ... where previously local authorities cited insurance as a reason not to provide playgrounds ... where are the gardai?
I don't know what the solution is ... but I do think we should have more playgrounds ... instead of fewer ...
Thanks for the opportunity to LOS!!!
It makes me so mad ... firstly the govenment has a national play strategy ... which local authorities are part of .... they have play policies in place which include the provision of playgrounds. Why are playgrounds not exempted developments? Why can the citizens of an estate decide that just because they don't want a playground near them that they have the right to deny children of the area the opportunity to play? Anti-social behaviour seems to be the new catch phrase ... where previously local authorities cited insurance as a reason not to provide playgrounds ... where are the gardai?
I don't know what the solution is ... but I do think we should have more playgrounds ... instead of fewer ...
Thanks for the opportunity to LOS!!!