COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, September 23, 2019

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello

"To ask the Chief Executive what steps the Council is taking to ensure commercial ratepayers in our Industrial estates in Tallaght are neither supplying tyres, pallets or other combustible materials to those attempting to find fuel for bonfires in our Tallaght Estates?"

REPLY:

"South Dublin County Council Waste Enforcement and Litter Management Sections take a proactive approach to ensure business owners are aware and comply with their legal responbilites in the management of waste at their facilites at all times.  In the run up to Halloween, the following additonal measures will take place during the months of September and October. 

• All Authorised Tyre Retailers, Waste Permit Holders will recieve written communications from South Dublin County Council reminding them of their legal obligaions to ensure all waste, including materials typically used in bonfires, are stored securely and disposed of at Permitted Waste Facilties.  Request will be made to REPAK to request their assitance in spreading the message to their members.
• South Dublin County Council will utilise social media to further spread the message to esure all members of the public are aware of their legal obligations to ensure all waste, including materials typically used in bonfires, are stored securely and disposed of at Permitted Waste Facilties.
• Waste Enforcment Officers will be carrying out an intensive period of enforcment on Tyre Retailers, by means of facility inspections, to assess their current compliance with the appropriate regulations and to ensure they have appropriate measures in place to ensure waste tyres, on their premises, are stored securely and disposed of by Authorised Waste Collectors only. 
• Waste Enforcement Officers and Litter Wardens, as part of their routine patrols, will monitor areas to identify businesses that do not have their waste stored securely and advise business owners of actions they are required to take. 

At all times, South Dublin County Council welcomes and requires the assistance of the public to identify individuals who dispose of their waste in a manner that can cause environmental harm.  If a member of the public is aware of such an instance, we would request they notify South Dublin County Council at the earliest opportunity where the issue will be investigated and appropriate action carried out."