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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 13, 2008

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor J. Lahart

To ask the Manager to outline progress/update report on grafitti eradication within the county and to make a statement on the matter?

REPLY:

As previously reported, information about graffiti prevention and awareness forms part of the Council's Environmental Awareness role with both community groups and schools and, as part of the Litter Management Plan 2008-2011, a campaign is being planned highlighting the role everyone plays in keeping the county clean and this will include the theme of graffiti prevention.

In addition, the Council’s Graffiti programme incorporates the existing resources provided by the Council's Anti-Graffiti Team and Litter Wardens, and streamlined dministrative structures in dealing with reported graffiti to provide a prompt response to removing graffiti where appropriate.  The Council’s Environmental Awareness team and RAPID co-ordinators also provide support for community applications under Pobal’s Community Graffiti Reduction Programme which aims to support an immediate reduction in the extent and impact of graffiti within the communities who participate in the programme and to develop local mechanisms within these communities to support the long-term reduction of incidences of graffiti. 

Graffiti reporting and removal statistics are also provided to Area Committees as part of the monthly reporting update on the Litter Management Plan and these statistics will provide a gauge for the level of graffiti activity being reported to tthe Council on an ongoing basis.

These various aspects provide a broad approach to tackling graffiti but it should be noted that the eradication of this problem will require the long-term application of these and similar projects to ultimately create a cultural change.