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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE/FIRHOUSE/BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Clare O'Byrne

To ask the manager for a report on the steps being taken to deal with the ongoing problem of illegal dumping and littering along Stocking Avenue, notably between the Stocking Lane and White Pines roundabouts. Has this area been identified as a hot spot for same? Illegal dumping and littering are unfortunately recurring issues in this location and a source of much disappointment and annoyance for local residents.

 

REPLY:

The Litter Warden patrols the area of Stocking Avenue regularly and all incidents of illegal dumping are searched for evidence of polluter details. Appropriate enforcement action is taken where the information of the polluter is identified. The matter is then referred to the Public Realm for removal of dumped material. 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. 

The Council acknowledges that the general area in the vicinity of Stocking Avenue is a known litter black spot; the area to the rear of Stocking Hill is maintained by the Council's Housing Department.

In 2019, a total of 34 complaints reporting illegal dumping in Stocking Avenue were received resulting in no fines being issued. To date in 2020, 10 complaints have been received.

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. Residents may also report illegal dumping to the Environmental Protection Agency's anti-dumping hotline on 1850 365121.