COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 14, 2016

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive  if he will confirm that staff are still deployed to litter picking throughout the County and especially along the main road arteries of the County and in reporting will he confirm the frequency of such litter picks and the schedule being followed and will he respond to the view that has been expressed that the main roads leading to our towns in the County require particular attention.

REPLY:

The main road arteries around the County including the main road approaches to villages and towns are scheduled for litter picking on a fortnightly basis.  This scheduled frequency is in keeping with the grass cutting schedule for main road margins which is also fortnightly, with litter picking scheduled to take place just ahead of grass cutting.  In addition to the cleansing work carried out by the Council's own staff, which includes staff currently assigned to the Gateway scheme, all main roads in the County are also included in the Oxigen road sweeping and litter picking programme.  In accordance with the Oxigen programme all main roads are swept and litter picked by them once a month, with all dual carriageways swept and litter picked once every two months.

The Outdoor Work Force Plan has been agreed and recruitment at General Services and Driver grades is underway, afterwhich a restructuring of Public Realm crews will be put in place to provide an enhanced cleaning and litter bin collection service in the County's towns, villages and approach roads as provided for in the budget for the current year.