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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 21, 2015

MOTION NO.7

MOTION: Councillor M. Devine

That increased resources be provided to the County Parks to effectively deal with overflowing bins, litter and debris that has increased over the summer months.

REPORT:

The Council's Public Realm Section maintains the parks in the county which includes cleaning of litter.

The parks are cleaned by staff on a daily basis from Monday to Friday.  Before providing any increased resources, the first requirement is to carry out a survey of the main parks to identify what problems exist and in what locations and thereafter to determine what measures might be required to deal with them.  An initial informal survey of the main parks in the county over the summer months has not revealed any significant problem or increase in litter over previous years. The litter bins provided were not generally found to be overflowing and in a few cases where a bin was noted as full, there was capacity in a nearby bin.