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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

QUESTION NO.18

QUESTION: Councillor E. Higgins

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on litter warden activity in green spaces in Kilmahuddrick, Clondalkin

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. 

To date in 2014, the Litter Warden has received and investigated fourteen (14) complaints of illegal dumping/littering on the open spaces within Kilmahuddrick Estate.  Unfortunately, no enforcement action could be taken in relation to these complaints as no evidence was found to identify the alleged polluter(s).  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.

Where there is an on-going problem of illegal dumping 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.