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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE
Monday, November 25, 2019
QUESTION NO. 1
QUESTION: Councillor Teresa Costello
"To ask the Chief Executive how many reports were received and how many (if any) fines were issued by the litter warden during the Halloween period for people who were leaving items out in their gardens on the morning of Halloween?"
REPLY:
"There were no fines issued on 31st October in respect of materials in front gardens.
One fine was issued for evidence found in a bag dumped on open space.
All incidents of littering and illegal dumping reported or detected in any area are investigated by the Council's Litter Warden Service and all dumped material is searched for evidence. Where evidence is found, the appropriate enforcement action is taken under the Litter Pollution Act 1997, as amended. Increasingly, it is found that no personal information relating to polluters is contained within the dumped material, with personal information having been removed or shredded.
As always, the Council is grateful for assistance and support from local residents or others in their investigations of such incidents as they arise. In the absence of substantive evidence/witness statements and the presence of such witnesses in court it is not possible for us to bring successful prosecutions."