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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on all reported incidents of illegal dumping, abandoned cars and related anti social behaviour during the last 12 months at Glenvale, Lucan and to outline what measures the Council are considering at the pedestrian laneway at this location to curb such anti-social activity?"

REPLY:

All reports of illegal dumping and littering are investigated by the Council's Litter Warden Service and all dumped material is interrogated for evidence.  Where evidence is found, the appropriate enforcement action is taken under the Litter Pollution Act 1997, as amended.  Increasingly, it is found that no personal information relating to the polluters is contained within the dumped material with personal information having been removed or shredded.

To date in 2014, the Litter Warden has received and investigated  21 complaints of illegal dumping at Glenvale, Lucan.  Unfortunately, no enforcement action could be taken in relation to these complaints as no evidence was found to identify the alleged polluter(s). 

No complaints have been received in relation to abandoned vehicles in this area.

Where there is an on going problem of illegal dumping and littering in any area, local residents are urged to support the Council in taking the appropriate enforcement action by making reports to the Litter Warden for investigation and by providing evidence where possible.  Additionally, residents are encouraged through the medium of the Council's Social Credits Scheme to seek rewards for community based initiatives, such as community clean ups.