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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 13, 2015

QUESTION NO.13

QUESTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the litter programme and to include in his report an outline of the system now in place?

REPLY:

The Council currently employs four full time Litter Wardens who enforce all aspects of the Litter Pollution Act 1997, as amended.  To date in 2015, a total of 1874 complaints have been received and investigated by the Litter Warden Service, 1390 of which were in relation to illegal dumping/litter. 

All dumped material is searched for evidence and fines are issued to the alleged polluters, where evidence is found. Increasingly, it is found that no personal information relating to the polluter is contained within the dumped material, with personal information having been shredded or removed.

To date in 2015, a total of 275 litter fines have issued, 141 of these relate to illegal dumping and littering offences.

The Council continues to encourage residents to provide information on illegal dumping/littering, including witness statements that can be used to support enforcement. 

All known areas of reoccuring littering / dumping are included in a scheduled collection regime.