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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 09, 2015

QUESTION NO.22

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

To ask the Chief Executive how much SDCC spends on the emptying of bins in our villages each year and how much SDCC spends on the upkeep/watering of flower baskets/hanging baskets in our villages each year?

REPLY:

The total cost to operate the litter bin service (650 Bins) in 2014 was approximately €303,000 and of this around 25% of the total cost or €75,750 was spent on servicing litters bins in the village centres.  A total of €7,490 was spent in 2014 on maintenance and watering of hanging baskets in the County's villages.