COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

"To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on Halloween 2014 in the Clondalkin LEA detailing; the number of illegal bonfires in the Clondalkin LEA in 2014, 2013 and 2012; the cost of removing bonfire wood in advance of Halloween and cleaning up after the bonfires in the Clondalkin LEA area in 2014, 2013, 2012; the investment by the Council Community services in Halloween activities in the Clondalkin LEA in 2014, 2013 and 2012?"

REPLY:

Community Services does not hold the information requested in an area based format and it is necessary to extract the specific data from the records held. The information will be forwarded to the Councillor as soon as possible.

The remaining information requested is set out in the table below for each of the years 2012 to 2014:

YEAR	2012	2013	2014
No. of bonfires in Clondalkin LEA	146	138	130
Cost of removal and cleanup	€24,000	€18,250	€17,200
Cost of Halloween activities