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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/FONTHILL AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

To ask the manager for a breakdown of fines issue, fines paid and court actions arising from litter in the following categories since May 2019 in this Area Committee boundary and to outline whether any successful case has ever been taken in relation to people throwing cigarette butts out their car window and if so, to outline how responsible citizens can best report this antisocial behaviour?

REPLY:

Since May 2019 there have been 23 fines issued in respect of cigarette litter thrown from vehicles. To date 15 of these fines have been paid in full. three further cases are with the Law Department, summons have been served and court dates are awaited.

If a ciizen witnesses such an incident it can be reported to the Council's Litter Warden Service.