COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

"To ask the Manager for a report on how often the Laneways in Palmerston have been cleaned in 2013 and the cost?"

REPLY:

Laneway clean ups are in general organised in response to requests from elected members, members of the public and the Council Litter Wardens.   The resources of the Environmental Services Department are primarily deployed to cleaning tasks in more visible, higher profile areas such as in housing estates, on public roads and in public parks. 

Works carried out in laneways normally include the removal of dumped waste, picking of litter as well as pruning or removal of vegetation as required.  Unfortunately, the Council is seeing a countywide increase in the number of areas where illegal dumping is taking place and laneways are one area that is suffering as a result.  The Council is reliant on the support of members of the public to report incidents and provide the necessary information, e.g. car registration details, to enable the Council's Licensing and Enforcement staff to pursue the perpetrators.

While it is not possible to provide costs for cleanups on an electoral basis, the cost to date of waste disposal for the Corkagh District (areas north of the N7) using skips is €15,754.  The cost to date for disposal of waste which is hauled directly to waste transfer facilities is €156,285 countywide to the end of October.