COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

MOTION NO. 19

MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

That this Committee acknowledges that the concerns of residents of Foxborough residents, and the Foxborough Environment Group, about anti-social behaviour incidents in the vicinity of the back of the field at Foxborough Road, asks the Manager if the Council has been involved in any discussions with residents and An Garda Síochána, about those problems, requests the Manager to present a report on problems at the location reported to the Council, and requests the Manager if the Council would be prepared to fund an increase in the height of the boundary wall.

REPORT:

Further to a report to the September Meeting of the Area Committee a meeting took place at Foxborough Estate, Lucan, on Thursday 20th October, 2011 with the Mayor Caitriona Jones, a member of Foxborough Maintenance Association, two residents and an official of the Development Department.

Incidents of concern to residents were identified as follows:

  1. Domestic waste being brought through the open space of the estate by commercial operators and private individuals and being burned on Council owned lands adjacent to the Foxborough Estate
  2. Children and youths congregating and drinking on the wall and on the Council owned lands to the rear of the open space.
  3. People from outside the estate using the estate to access the general Lucan area.

Arrangements are being made to have the Litter Warden monitor the area over a period of time with a view to identifying those responsible for the illegal dumping and burning of waste.