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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

QUESTION NO. 26

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Manger for a report on the removal of graffiti in the Palmerston area year to date and for an indication when the remainder of this work which I requested some time back will be carried out?

REPLY:

While the Council undertakes graffiti removal in the public domain, there are obviously budgetary constraints which determine how much graffiti removal can be undertaken and therefore, prioritisation is necessary.

Generally, any offensive or malicious graffiti is given priority and removed as soon as possible. Other removals are carried out on the basis of priority in line with location, visibility and visual impact while also having regard for cost, available resources and work schedules.

Graffiti has recently been removed from a significant area of the laneways at the rear of Palmerstown Avenue, near the N4 which was very prominent  because of works at the N4. It should be noted that a large number of privately owned shed and access doors that are subject to graffiti and for which the responsibility for removal lies with the individual property owners/occupiers and these will be pursued in accordance with the Litter Pollution Act. In addition, three other requests for graffiti removal in the Palmerston area have been responded to in 2011 with no further graffiti requests outstanding at present.