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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 08, 2019

QUESTION NO. 35

QUESTION: Councillor Shane Moynihan

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on the time taken to collect rubbish bags following Council litter-picking across the County and if he will make a statement on the matter.

REPLY:

The Council's Public Realm staff are engaged in the picking of litter and removal of illegally dumped waste on a daily basis around the County.  All waste including bagged waste is removed by Council staff on the day the cleansing task is carried out.  The Public Realm Section also provides a service to collect waste from clean up activities carried out by Tidy Towns and Resident Associations groups.  These collections are arranged through the Council's operation of a social credits scheme.  In general the Public Realm Section will provide the waste collection on the day requested by the residents group.  For example if the clean up is carried out on a Saturday, which many of them are, then the residents group will likely request the collection of the waste for the following Monday.