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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
QUESTION NO.6
QUESTION: Councillor E. Murphy
"To ask the Chief Executive can the Council please detail how many bonfire incidents were recorded in the Rathfarnham area and what was the cost of cleaning up after these incidents?"
REPLY:
"The number of bonfire incidents recorded for the Rathfarnham area over the 2017 Halloween period was 20.
All clean-ups have now taken place and reseeding (as appropriate) will commence in spring 2018.
Interesting statistics to note County wide:
- From mid-October to 31st October, through reports made directly through the offices and through our out of office hours service, the Council was notified of c 300 locations (excluding duplicate locations) advising of stockpiling.
- A total of 55 tonnes of bonfire materials was collected by the staff and prevented from being placed on bonfires over the Bank Holiday weekend and including Tuesday 31st October 2017.
- In the two week period prior to Halloween a further quantity of waste materials totalling 156 tonnes was collected by SDCC staff and it is estimated that the vast majority of this was material intended for bonfires.
- Post Halloween 201 tonnes of waste was removed
- The cost of Halloween 2017 was c €87,000 including payroll, plant /machinery and waste disposal costs."