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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TERENURE-RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

QUESTION NO. 17

QUESTION: Councillor P. Cosgrave

"To ask the Manager to have a Saturday morning clean up of litter at Rathfarnham Village. There is litter everywhere which includes beer cans, chip wrappers and other litter from the the night before?"

REPLY:

The cleaning arrangements in place in Rathfarnham Village are the same as those in place in all the other town/village centres around the county i.e. cleaning takes place on Monday to Friday and on Sunday mornings and Bank Holidays. Arrangements are in place for one Litter Wrden to be on duty every weekend and this covers the entire county and is carried out on roster basis. The Wardens have been instructed to patrol Rathfarnham Village when on duty on Saturdays and to take whatever enforcement measures as are necessary.

The Council is also investigating the possibility of installing a reverse vending machine in the area which could reduce the impact of litter - particularly on Saturdays.  As part of a programme of installing new bins the Council is also looking at locations for the "Big Belly Solar Bin" which has been successfully piloted in Tallaght Town Centre.

The Terenure Rathfarnham area scored as Litter Free in the recent An Taisce Surveys and all steps necessary, in terms of enforcement and cleansing, will be explored to maintain that status