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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

 

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

MOTION NO.  8

MOTION: Councillor B. Bonner

"That this Area Committee is concerned that residents in North Clondalkin feel that it takes much longer for dumped material to be removed from Collinstown Park and other North Clondalkin litter blackspots than it does in some other parts of the electoral area.  Could an explanation be given of how littered areas and areas where there has been dumping are prioritised and listed for clean up and could an outline be given of the steps involved in organisisng such clean ups."

REPORT:

It is refuted that North Clondalkin receives a lesser service than some other parts of the Clondalkin electoral area.

However, regrettably, most of the area suffers from repetitive instances of littering and illegal dumping requiring constant attention and many areas, including the open spaces are especially prevalent to dumping by individuals believed to be in residence close by. 

Efforts are continuously being made to deal with the problem on a cyclical basis but the extent of the problem far outreaches available resources, and time which ideally could be available for cutting grass, spray weeds, plant flowers etc. to improve the aesthetic appearance of the areas is often spent on paper picking and / or removing dumped material.

With specific reference to Collinstown Park, litter picking takes place there on a weekly basis in tandem with pitch grass cutting.  Instances of dumping are investigated followed by the removal of the dumped material.