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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)

Monday, March 22, 2010

MOTION NO.2

MOTION: Councillor S. Crowe

Cathaoirleach's Business.

That this Committee aware of the ongoing problem of bonfires and litter on the green space between Lanndale Lawns and Ashgrove in Springfield and asks the Manager to investigate ways of supporting local residents in conjunction with the Garda Authorities to enable the green space and the general area to be returned to some normality.

REPORT:

The open space linking Lanndale Lawns, Ashgrove, Fernwood and Birchwood Heights Estates in Springfield, Tallaght is subject to ongoing problems relating to severe littering, anti-social activity and the burning of domestic and other waste. This open space is one of a number of major litter blackspots situated on parkland in the Tallaght Area.   A large proportion of the litter problem here appears to be associated with school children traversing the open space, going to and from local schools. The current level of littering at this location is such that it would be impossible, with the limited staff available in the Parks Department, to keep the area clean for any reasonable length of time. The only real solution to dealing with this issue at source is for an urgent and meaningful engagement to take place with all the stakeholders involved i.e. with local schools, parents, residents groups, litter wardens, and An Garda Siochana which together with the proposed Social Credits Programme and greater enforcement of the Litter Laws, may help to return the area to some sort of normality in the short term.  The Environment Dept. will be consulted with a view to bringing forward such an initiative in the coming weeks.