COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

MOTION NO. 11

MOTION: Councillor S. Holland

"That the Chief Executive report on the below from Residents of Tara Hill and St Patricks Cottages:

There are overflowing rubbish bins, graffiti, household rubbish dumping, and overgrown sidewalks.

These numerous examples have been reported to South Dublin County Council using their on-line facility and telephone calls but to date (with the exception of an emptied bin on Whitechurch Road) the jobs are still outstanding.

The graffiti/rubbish bins/dumping re-enforces a (seeming) lack of care on the part of residents. But this is simply not true of the majority.

We have a lively, mixed community of young families and older retired people, new families, council and privately owned houses. Many of the children in our neighborhood use the streets for access and play. They are often unaccompanied which is perfectly acceptable in our caring and quiet community.

The examples of neglect of community infrastructure is unacceptable, and quite frankly not seen in other estates in Rathfarnham. I move that we have these issues rectified.”

REPORT:

The areas of Tara Hill and St Patrick's Cottages have been recently inspected and found to be in good condition generally.  A number of issues were identified during the inspection which require attention, namely one dumped refuse sack and a small trailer containing waste items.  The dumped bag has been listed for removal by the Public Realm section, while the matter of the trailer has been referred to the litter warden for the area for investigation. 

With regard to the matter of complaints made to the Council and not being attended to, an examination of the Council's customer contact system shows that a total of 6 complaints relating to the Tara Hill and St Patrick's Cottages area have been received by the Public Realm section since the start of 2014.  All but one of these items have been reported as resolved, the one outstanding issue is the need for a replacement liner to be installed in a street litter bin and this is due to be resolved during the current week. One item of graffiti has been reported, at St Patricks Cottages, and this graffiti was removed on September 24th. A complaint regarding the dumping of spoil from foundations was received in June, however on inspection the materials reported could not be found by the litter warden.

The Tara Hill and St Patrick's Cottages areas are on the Council's regular grass cutting and road sweeping schedules.  Grass cutting and cleaning in the estate are due to take place during the current week.  The area was last swept by the Council's road sweeping contractor, Oxigen Environmental Ltd, on October 3rd.