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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor M. Ward

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the amount of Halloween bonfires in the LEA, the clean up plan and the projected cost of this operation?

REPLY: DRAFT

There was a total of 275 bonfire in the South County Dublin in 2019. 120 were on the North of the N7 and 155 were on the South of the N7. While cleanup operations are still taking place in some areas, the total cost of the cleanup is estimated to be in the region of €110,000. This figure includes payroll and waste disposal costs.   It is not possible to provide a cost breakdown by electoral area. All bonfires in the Lucan/Palmerstown/Fonthill LEA have been cleaned up.