COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

MOTION NO. 28

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

"That the Chief Executive confirm if bins can be installed on the Station Road, Adamstown. The reply from a previous question (Q 3, Lucan ACM 23 June Item 45469) states that the area will be reviewed in a month’s time, this would be July when the schools are closed for the summer."

REPORT:

Section 6 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 outlines duties on occupiers of premises to keep the place free from litter.  The Council's Litter Bye-Laws outlines that the occupier of a premises shall provide litter bins outside their premises, if required by an authorised officer.

There are the only two businesses operating in this vicinity, and following the June 2015 ACM, these premises were specifically visited and a lot of cigarette litter and other shop related litter was observed.

The absence of a shop bin outside the premises was noted, and the occupier advised that a bin which he initially provided outside the premises, became the subject of daily household waste.  Accordingly he moved the large bin which he had provided externally to inside his premises and since then this issue has stopped.    He referred to a management company who it was reported are not fulfilling their duties in relation to the upkeep of the centre.

The manager of the supermarket assured that he would carry out a litter pick daily, and was warned that the area would be monitored intensively.  If  litter was found around the shop fines would issue.

There are 2 bins in Adamstown Playground which are emptied three times a week during the summer and twice a week in winter.

There are 3 bins, which are privately managed, located at the Train Station and at both bus stops on Castlegate Way.

It is proposed to install a new bin on Station Road between the shops and the schools on a trial basis. The use of the bin will be monitored closely and it will be retained subject to it not being vandalised or used for the disposal of domestic waste.