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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 09, 2019

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor B. Lawlor

To ask the Chief Executive to provide a report on the costs associated with dealing with bonfires and other Halloween activities this year, and to make a statement on the matter. 

REPLY:

The number of bonfires recorded in 2019 is 226, which is down from the number recorded in 2018.  A total of 585 tonnes of waste has been collected this year and 237 tonnes of that was removed pre Halloween, before it was set on fire.   The total cost to date stands at €102,566 and this is expected to rise to around €150,000 when all costs have been included.  Reinstatement of bonfire sites will not take place until the Spring, when ground conditions will have improved.