COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, February 13, 2017
QUESTION NO.33
QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons
To ask for a report in to sweeping up of leaves and the provider that is contracted for same and plans for 2017 and to ask that SDCC consider going back to the bag system that was in place in an effort to keep leaves from scattering all over the place
REPLY:
For the last number of years the council has entered into an arrangement with Oxigen to operate a ‘live list’ and all requests for road sweeping were entered onto this list and in most instances the sweep has been carried out within a couple of days of the request being received. (The average was 1.97 days to complete a leaf request task and this includes Saturdays and Sundays).
In 2016 the agreement with Oxigen was further modified in relation to leaf removal. In addition to the 2 sweepers that are dedicated solely to leaf clearance requests, one van was dedicated to leaf bag removals.
The following is an outline of arrangements put in place to manage the varying requests for the collection of leaves:
- Community Clean-ups – request for leaf collection - Where a request is received from a resident’s group for collection of bagged leaves from a pre-arranged community clean up, this request was processed through the Social Credits Scheme. And the service as requested will be provided if the social credits application is approved.
- Individual Requests - Residents who make contact with Public Realm are similarly facilitated.
- Community Clean-up – request for hessian bags for composting - Resident’s groups also requested hessian bags (recycled coffee bags) through the Social Credits Scheme to create their own leaf mould, which is great for gardeners and the environment.
It is proposed to continue this policy into 2017 as it has proven very successful.