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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

"To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the burning of materials at the 12th Lock and the Adamstown Link Road, to clarify this has ceased and is being dealt with and also to outline whether the land beside Tullyhall which has smouldered for a long period, can be dug up and turned over and cleansed as residents are reporting ongoing odours."

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council issued enforcement action on the owner of the land at the 12th Lock. The land owner is in the process of complying with this notice. Substantial quantities of waste have been removed and the site a has been secured. There have been no recent reports of burning at this location.

The site at Adamstown Link Road has been investigated by Waste Enforcement Officers. The source of the burning is predominantly peat. At this point of time the fire has been extinguished and arrangements are being put in place to prevent any reoccurrence of the burning at this location.