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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 24, 2018

QUESTION NO. 11

QUESTION: Councillor M. Duff

"To ask the Chief Executive to advise this Area Committee if there are any plans to carry out an inspection of the gated back lanes in the Tymon/Aongus, Tymonville and Castles areas within an intention of removing the serious amount of dumped household furniture, building rubble and garden waste deposited in these lane ways by irresponsible residents, which now creates a public health hazard. Could he also indicate the responsibilities of both Housing and Environment Departments in this matter?"

REPLY:

The Estate Officer for the Tymon North area/Tallaght Central, as part of their duties, would regularly make  inspections of gated laneways, usually in response to queries/complaints received from local residents. Generally,  the queries would relate to laneways where local  dumping has occurred, access is a problem due to overgrown vegetation, or the possible presence of vermin. The Housing Department's Policy in relation to gated  laneways is as follows: when a laneway is gated, the responsibility for maintaining the laneway is up to the local residents, who have been supplied with gate keys and have or had access to the lane. If  local residents, are in a position to clean a laneway themselves, the Estate Management Section will assist them with the provision of a skip if required. If the state of a laneway is causing problems in relation to vermin or is very overgrown, and if the local residents are not in a position to clean the laneway themselves(residents maybe elderly and living alone), the Estate Management Section may engage a contractor to do the work (funding permitting), on a once off basis. Since 2016, over nine thousand euros has been spent by the Estate Management Section in relation to issues around dumping in the laneways in the Tymon North/Tallaght Central area. The Estate Management Section will continue to respond and assist the residents of the Tymon North area / Tallaght Central in regard to dumping in the local laneways.