COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

MOTION NO. 14

MOTION: Councillor E. O'Brien

Cathaoirleach's Business

"That this Area Committee requests the Chief Executive to carry out an audit of bring centres in the Lucan/Palmerstown electoral ward and report to this committee on the viability of these centres based on the use of the centres and the attendant dumping/anti social activity at these centres."

REPORT:

An audit of bring banks centres in Lucan /Palmerstown electoral Ward has been carried out to establish the viability of these centres based on the use of the centres and the attendant dumping /anti-social activities at these centres.

The finding of the audits are summarised below:

Site Name	Tonnages (Jan- April)	No of Visits(Jan-April)	Number of Cleaning(Jan-April)
Griffeen Road Lucan	34.94	173	269
Griffeen Valley Park Hayden’s Lane, Lucan	19.5	154	265
Griffeen Valley Park, Newcastle Road	19.56	145	264
Lucan Sports and Leisure Centre	15.58	137	263
Spa Hotel	5.48	46	243
Lucan Ballyowen	83.59	231	48 (Service Contractors contribute to cleaning as and when required)
Lucan Supervalu	101.08	222	16 (Service Contractors contribute to cleaning as and when required)
Palmerstown Supervalu	81.23	326	16 (Service Contractors contribute to cleaning as and when required)

As seen from the tables the tonnages of recycled materials received at the sites during January to April 2018, these show that the sites are used by the community. The number of visits indicate the number of times the bring banks are emptied by the service contractor.  The number of cleaning events indicates the number of times service van goes around these sites to clean materials that have been dumped around the bring banks. Depending on how busy the sites are, the frequency of servicing the bring banks can be 3 to 4 times a week. These statistics show that the bring banks at these sites are viable and they contribute to our recycling capability.