COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Friday, December 14, 2012

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor E. Walsh 2009

An bhféadfadh leis an gComhairle bosca bruscar a sholáthar i bPáirc Ghort na Feá  BáC 12 ionas go bhféadfadh le húinéirí tuair madraí a dhiúscairt go cuí?

Would the Council provide a litter bin in Beechfield Park Dublin 12 to assist dog owners to dispose of dog excrement appropriately?    

FREAGRA:

Tá ar soláthar na boscaí bruscair an riachtanas chun seirbhís rialta chun iad a choimeád a chur san Áireamh agus a chinntiú nach mbeidh siad mar chuid d’fhadhb an bhruscair. Tá seirbhísiú na boscaí bruscair go minic a bhaint amach go héasca sna páirceanna níos mó de bharr an láthair iostaí cothabhála agus láithreacht foirne laethúil. Ní chuireann an Chomhairle boscaí bruscair ar fáil ach amháin sna Páirceanna Réigiúnacha go dtí seo, ina bhfuil daoine píosa fada Ó na sráideanna agus limistéir tithíochta,  agus i bpáirceanna eile a bhfuil  láithreacht foirne laethúil againn.

I gcás na páirceanna níos lú agus Áitiúla ar nós Páirc Ghort na Feá, Áit nach bhfuil aon láithreacht foirne laethúil, níl boscaí bruscair ar fáil toisc nach bhfuil na hacmhainní  ar fáil chun seirbhís dóibh ag an minicíocht is gá. I gcúinsí den sórt sin, tá rochtain ag an bpobal ar boscaí bruscair ar an tsráid chun bruscar a dhiúscairt. Ina mhalairt de chás, tugann saoránaigh le hintinn cathartha a gcuid bruscar abhaile chun É a dhiúscairt trína gcuid seirbhíse dramhaíola féin. Níl sé beartaithe dá bhrí sin, boscaí bruscair a shuiteáil i Pháirc Ghort na Feá.

REPLY:

The provision of litter bins has to take into account the requirement to provide a frequent service to maintain them and ensure that they do not become part of the litter problem. Frequent bin servicing is readily achieved in the larger parks due to the presence of maintenance depots and a daily staff presence. The Council has to date only provided litter bins in the larger Regional Parks, where people are some considerable distance from streets and housing areas, and in other parks where we have a daily staff presence.

In the case of smaller and local parks such as Beechfield Park, where there is no daily staff presence, bins are not provided because the resources are not available to service them at the necessary frequency. In such circumstances, the public have access to on-street litter bins for disposal of litter. Alternatively, civic minded citizens may bring their litter home for disposal through their own refuse service. It is not therefore proposed to install litter bins in Beechfield Park.