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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

QUESTION NO. 2

QUESTION: Councillor P. Foley

"To ask the Chief Executive can an update be provided on the graffiti stats for the year to date?"

REPLY:

As of 3rd June 2015 there were 205 graffiti enquiries / complaints received.

76 were received through Fix Your streets, 63 through Membersnet and 66 through phone calls/e-mails and general observation.

In 93 instances the property concerned was public property, and these were referred for removal either by means of direct labour or through the Probation Service.

22 letters have issued this year to date to utility companies such as Eircom/UPC and the NRA requesting for the removal of graffiti from boxes/poles and on bridges.  Letters also issued to householders and one to a religious institution advising of requirement of Section 20 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 for property owners to remedy defacement, with the balance being successfully managed through the Memorandum of Understanding which is in place with the ESB.