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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 10, 2014

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of bins in each park within South Dublin County Council?

REPLY:

The provision of litter bins in public parks, has largely been concentrated in the Regional Parks such as Corkagh, Griffeen Valley and Tymon Parks and in Sean Walsh Park, the town centre park in Tallaght. Litter bins are generally not provided in parks in residential areas because the parks are surrounded by housing and our experience is that litter bins in parks near housing are prone to illegal dumping of waste. This is also consistent with the polluter pays principal because local parks contain no litter generators.

Litter bins are provided in parks which typically receive large numbers of visitors and at locations where there is a likely demand such as at playgrounds and the off leash areas for dogs.

Litter bins are provided in the following parks:

Corkagh Park Clondalkin   8
Griffeen Valley Park Lucan   9
Tymon Park Tallaght  15
Sean Walsh Park Tallaght  19
Lucan Village Park Lucan    3
Lucan Demesne Lucan    2
Lucan Village Weir Lucan    4
Hermitage Park Lucan    2
Rathfarnham Castle Rathfarnham    2
Glenaulin Park Palmerston    2
Glendoher Park Rathfarnham    2
Sarsfield Park Lucan    1