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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, February 15, 2010

QUESTION NO. 3

QUESTION: Councillor M. Corr

"To ask the Manager to provide CCTV at *Address Supplied  to address the persistent dumping originating locally?" 

REPLY:

The Cleansing Engineer and an Anti-Litter Warden met with the Member at the location in question and examined the nature of the issue and the feasibility of CCTV  there, notwithstanding issues around resourcing of same.  The dumping and littering in the area has been inspected by Wardens rgularly and clean-ups are arranged as often as possible.  However, as a lot of this activity appears to occur outside of the Wardens' working hours and no evidence has been retrieved from inspections to date and so specific evidence from witnesses will be required to support fines/prosecutions in this regard.

Given the cost of installing and monitoring CCTV, it is only installed where there are serious dumping blakspots for short periods but the 2010 Budget makes only extremely limited provision in this regard.  The Engineer reports that the area in question is not subject to dupmping from individuals in vehicles which provides a means to readily identify and prosecute offenders and would not be effective or justified.