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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

QUESTION NO. 13

QUESTION: Councillor M. McDonagh

To ask the Manager to provide a report on the number of reported incidents of illegal dumping in the Clondalkin LEA received by the Council in 2010, 2011 and 2012?

REPLY:

All queries in relation to illegal dumping and littering are recorded in the Customer Care System under categories of Illegal Dumping and Litter Warden Service. The following is a breakdown of reports for the Clondalkin LEA for the periods 20l0-20l2 inclusive:

2010    Illegal Dumping - 21,   Litter Warden - 91

2011    Illegal Dumping - 59    Litter Warden - 93

2012    Illegal Dumping - 101  Litter Warden - 104

To date in  2013 there has been 171 incidents of Illegal Dumping  recorded  and 31 complaints under Litter Warden Services.

As can be seen there is a  marked increase in the incidence of illegal dumping reported to SDCC within the Clondalkin LEA.  Every effort is made through the  Council's Litter Warden Service  to actively enforce the provisions of the Litter Pollution Act l997 against the perpetrators of illegal dumping.  However, the Council is dependant on the support of members of the public to be proactive in reporting of all such incidences to SDCC and to provide details of the perpetrators of the illegal dumping so that the appropriate legal action can be taken.   

 In further efforts to clamp down on the practice of illegal dumping generally throughout the county, SDCC's Waste Enforcement Officers are engaged on daily basis in the surveillance of illegal waste operators  and the Council is fully committed to taking appropriate enforcement against all such illegal activity under the appropriate statute.