COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 08, 2018

QUESTION NO.14

QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

To ask the Chief Executive to confirm the number of community clean-ups that had taken place in 2018 to ate and confirm if there was an increase in previous years. There are restrictions on materials supplied for each group, could the provision of materials be increased, as some areas that carry out painting of railings, walls etc have resulted in some areas been incomplete. This committee takes this opportunity to thank those in the community section for assisting the many residents group in each area.

REPLY:

The Social Credits Scheme (SCS) rewards community groups and individuals (through non monetary supports) who take ownership of their environment and improve their local area by carrying out pro-environmental actions such as community clean-ups, maintenance of community gardens, graffiti removal and weeding of footpaths.

To date (26/9/2018) in 2018 there have been over 2190 clean ups carried out, compared to the same period last year when the  number of community clean-ups was just over 1960. That is an increase of 230 community cleans on this time last year.

In addition the scheme has provided the following materials to date in 2018

There are limitations on certain supports available eg 60 litres of paint per group per annum, and the scheme is consistently reviewed to ensure that the non-monetary assistance being provided to groups is relevant.

As we continue to encourage community groups to invest in the enhancement and maintenance of their area we may well establish additional categories of support / increase levels of materials for 2018, subject to available resources and with certain qualifying criteria.