COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, April 10, 2017
QUESTION NO.5
QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle
To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed report on the staffing resources being provided to litter-picking and cleansing duties along main roads, at open spaces/parks and in residential estates, outside of new the Villages Teams; and to further advise on how often these areas outside the Villages are likely to be litter-picked?
REPLY:
Staff resources currently assigned to cleansing related duties within the Public realm Section are as follows -
- 25 staff are assigned to daily cleaning duties and general village maintenance in the County's towns and villages (Tallaght, Lucan, Clondalkin, Rathfarnham, Templeogue, Palmerstown, Rathcoole, Saggart and an operative in the Walkinstown area).
- 5 staff are assigned on a daily basis to the servicing of street litter bins around the County.
- The Public Realm section deploys 3 large grab trucks with crews which deal with fly tipping and illegally dumped material on a daily basis around the County.
- Additional clean up crews are assigned to various clean up and litter picking tasks as required around the County and the numbers assigned to this work varies from day to day. Much of this work occurs in conjunction with the grass cutting operation, as grass areas in many parts of the County have to be cleaned before they are cut, and part of this work is done by the grass cutting operatives themselves.
- A number of staff are also assigned on a daily basis to cleaning duties in the main parks such as Tymon, Rathfarnham Castle, Rathcoole, Sean Walsh, Corkagh, Griffeen and Waterstown.
- The schedule management system provides for fortnightly grass cutting on margins and open spaces and these areas are to be cleaned as necessary ahead of the fortnightly cutting.
- The same applies to playing pitches except that the frequency is weekly.
- The Council's road sweeping contractor also carries out litter picking in conjunction with the sweeping of main roads and estates, with main roads swept and cleaned monthly and housing estate roads swept and cleaned quarterly.