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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 23, 2019

QUESTION NO. 16

QUESTION: Councillor M. Duff

"To ask the Chief Executive to inform this Area Committee if cars which are parked long term and “off the road” by residents on grass areas in housing estates, such as Castle Park, Tallaght, can be forcibly removed by the Council, if the owners continually refuse to remove them?"

REPLY:

"Vehicles that are abandoned (which display identification marks) are managed by the Council's Litter Warden Service under Section 71 of the Waste Management Act 1996 as amended, which provides inter alia for the following:

1) Investigation of vehicle reported

2) Ownership checks & enquires

3) Communications with the owners (where known)

4) Taking ownership and removal of abandoned vehicles.

It can take up to 8 weeks to complete the above procedure depending on its complexity and level of co-operation from other relevant bodies. 

Complaints that are solely traffic related are matters for the Gardai. Similarly, other reports relate to nuisance issues and are not in fact abandoned, such as:

• vehicles poorly parked
• vehicles causing an obstruction
• vehicles involved in residential parking disputes
• Broken down vehicles
• Untaxed and uninsured vehicles"