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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor B. Bonner

"The ESB substations on the Ninth Lock Road and on the Fonthill Road adjacent to Newlands Cross are badly littered and inaccessible.  Could it be arranged that these would be cleaned now and on an ongoing basis?"

REPLY:

The Council have a signed Memorandum of Understanding with ESB Networks. When a complaint is received in respect of litter/graffiti the Council's Litter Warden investigates the complaint to ascertain the extent and nature of the complaint and also to verify the ownership of the location/box in question.  If the area in question is in the ownership of a utility company a referral is made by the Litter Warden to the Company involved. In the case of littering, a response timeframe of five working days is applicable, as stated in the Memorandum of Understanding.  In the case of graffiti, ten working days is applicable (save if the graffiti is of an offensive nature), again as stated in the Memorandum of Understanding.  If these requests are not adhered to, within the timeframes specified, the Council's Litter Warden will initiate enforcement proceedings under the Litter Pollution Act 1997, as amended.

Reports of litter and/or graffiti can be made via our customer care centre, through the membersnet system, via Fix Your Street, by telephoning the Litter Hotline at 4149220 or by calling into the Customer Care Centre in person. 

In relation to this particular complaint regarding littering at the ESB substations on the Ninth Lock Road and on the Fonthill Road adjacent to Newlands Cross a request will now be forwarded to the ESB requesting a clean-up.