COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 09, 2013

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Manager for a report on illegal bonfires at Halloween including the following information (with the information expressed as a global figure for SDCC and with a break down for each LEA):

- the total number of illegal bonfires per year from 2010 to 2013

 - the cost of the clean up operation arising from the bonfires from 2010 to 2013

- the number of reports of illegal bonfire wood received by SDCC in advance of Halloween in 2012 and 2013

- the number of these reports responded to and resulting in the removal of the bonfire wood

- the number of these reports not responded to and not resulting in the removal of the bonfire wood?

REPLY:

Illegal bonfires are an ongoing feature of Halloween. Bonfires waste valuable Council resources in the removal and disposal of material. Communities also suffer from the social, economic and environmental cost.

  2010 2011 2012 2013
         
Total no. of bonfires 343 351 380 378
Lucan     42 28
Clondalkin     146 138
Tallaght     181 197
Rathfarnham     11 15
         
Cost of clean up and disposal €77,000 €56,000 €63,000 €50,000
Bonfire materials reported on Customer Care pre Halloween     61     51     198     200
         

All bonfire material has now been removed.