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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, April 19, 2010

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe

"To ask the Manager to outline how many complaints have been lodged on behalf of and by the tenant address supplied* with the ongoing problems he  experiences during heavy rainfall, with smells coming up through the kitchen sink and the toilet bowl overflowing, and in view of the potential and very real health implications of this, will he give a written report outlining how long this problem has been occuring, what is causing the problem, and aside from clearing the sewerage pipe what long term measures, if any, have been taken to resolve this problem?"

REPLY:

The maintenance records for this address have shown that there were only 6 requests for drain clearances since June 2002 (date of allocation).  The first request was in 2005, none in 2006 or 2007, 2 in July 2008, 2 in 2009 and the last one was in  March 2010.

The Clerk of Works has reported that, given the gaps in time between the call outs for drain clearances, there is no indication of a permanent  problem with the drains requiring any long term measures.

The Environmental Services Drainage Section have further reported that  incorrect use of household facilities often cause this type of  intermittant drainage problems and toilet back-up.  Odours of this nature will occur at these times and householders are requested to be careful about what is flushed down toilets and poured down kitchen sinks which can build up and cause back-ups of this nature.