After receiving letters from the pupils from St Vincent de Paul primary school about the state of the Tír na nóg Park in Ligoniel Sinn Féin Councillor Gerard McCabe said the situation will be resolved and the park so that the park can be used by all the children in the area.
Local vandals had set fire to all the swing seats, burnt the slide and wrote graffiti on the climbing frame.
"I have been in touch with the parks and leisure department and they are coming out for an on-site visit to see what can be done to tackle the problems up here," said the councillor.
After weekends the park is full of beer cans and broken bottles, which have attracted rats to the park and the children are also in danger from youths driving quad bikes and motorbikes through it.
"The community need to be taking ownership and when they do see youngsters damaging the park to be contacting the police so they have a log of everything that is going on."
Gerard McCabe came out to talk to the children and listen to their concerns and has now set up an onsite meeting with an official from Belfast City Council's parks and leisure department.
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