COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, September 21, 2009

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor M. Corr

"To ask the Manager to give a total of the expenditure of this Council on cleansing areas both by the Parks Department and the Environmental Services Department within the Tallaght area due to illegal dumping and fly tipping to date for 2009 and to give some examples of what possible resources the Council has lost due to this loss of revenue?"

REPLY:

The Environmental Services Dept. has spent approximately  €675,000 on collection and disposal of illegal dumping and fly tipping c ountywide up to the end of August 2009.  It is not possible to provide exact costs for the Tallaght area as these costs are made up of both staff and disposal costs and because the weight of material (which impacts on disposal costs) is not recorded at each specific clean up site. 

However, based on the number of tasks carried out it is possible to estimate that approximately 40% of this expenditure relates to the Tallaght area. 

The Parks Department costs are awaited but are not available as yet.  THese costs will be forwarded to the Member upon receipt.

Any expenditure relating to clean-ups carried out by the Environmental Services and Parks Departments are taken from the respective Budget provisions for the Cleansing and Parks maintenance services.  However all funds expended on bringing a place back to the condition it was in would be better utilised of enhancements such as appropriate boundary treatment to prevent anti-social gatherings; changing grass verges with planting to enhance and reduce maintenance.  A pro-social spend rather than a negative resolution spend is seen as a better use of resources.