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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor M. Ward

"Can the Chief Executive provide a report on the amount of reports of discarded syringes/needles per LEA and what is the Councils policy in relation to this?"

REPLY:

It is not possible to provide a report on the amount of reports of discarded syringes / needles per LEA.

However, the Council is aware of incident(s), which have been brought to its attention and appreciates the concerns expressed by communities in this regard.

The Council advises as follows:

If any member of the public comes in contact with waste where syringes or drug paraphernalia are present, they should immediately call County Hall, Customer Care on 01/4149000, through which the call is logged (for record) and referred directly to our Public Realm Unit.

As our Public Realm crew are trained in needle stick awareness, we make immediate arrangements to attend on site and remove reported items.

Members of the public are advised not to  make any direct contact with this paraphernalia