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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2017

QUESTION NO.20

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive if he will present a full report detailing the cost to the Council of issues relating to the 2016 Halloween bonfire season; will he list the separate costings involved in collecting such material before bonfire night and also the open space restoration process and will he give such details in respect of each electoral area.

REPLY:

Council crews working over the weekend immediately before 31st October removed a total of 41 tonnes of material which had been stockpiled for bonfires. During the two week period prior to Halloween the crews removed a total of 192 tonnes of waste, a large portion of which was stockpiled bonfire material.

There were 306 Halloween bonfires, 130 on the South Side of the Naas Road and 176 on the North Side.

The total cost of the cleanup was €121,950 including payroll and waste disposal costs.   It is not possible to provide a cost breakdown by electoral area.

Post Halloween, priority is given to the restoration of damage sustained to pitches and areas of high amenity through provision of top soil and grass seed. This work will be done in March / April.