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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"To ask the Chief Executive that as there is high level of litter in Corkagh Park can the Chief Executive Officer issue a litter picking schedule within Corkagh Park? and also a number of Clondalkin Residents are asking if South Dublin County Council collect litter in the park and if so how frequently?"

REPLY:

There has been an increase in the number of visitors to Corkagh Park due to restrictions imposed by Covid 19 combined with the fine weather that has been experienced in the months of April, May and June. This increase has resulted in higher levels of litter being generated by park users.

There are 17 litter bins placed at strategic locations throughout the park to facilitate users in their disposal of litter. The bins are emptied daily Monday to Friday throughout the year. Where use is high with individual bins as was seen during April/ May, a second emptying is carried out as required. A Saturday bin emptying service has also been introduced in response to the higher levels of use which are currently being experienced.

In addition to the provision of litter bins there are 3 members of staff rostered to pick litter each Monday in the park. This is repeated on Wednesdays and Fridays by 2 members of staff. The Council would encourage all park users to adopt the “Leave no Trace” approach and take their waste home with them rather than discarding it.