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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

MOTION NO. 4

MOTION: Councillor T. Gilligan

"That the Chief Executive agree to reinstate the one off junk collection/ free access to Ballymount facility in Clondalkin Local Electoral Area."

REPORT:

A household junk collection was last provided by this Council in 2008.  At that time the service was provided on a rotating basis to approximately 20,000 households each year at a cost to the Council of €500,000 per year.  The service was discontinued in 2008 due to the economic crash and has not been provided since.   

Free access to the Ballymount Civic Amenity facility is provided for a period of 3 to 4 weeks in advance of Halloween, for residents groups that collect bonfire materials.  The aim of the scheme is to assist residents groups in tackling illegal bonfires in their communities and to reduce the volume of material being burned illegally. 

A free access day was provided at the Ballymount Civic Amenity facility a number of years ago which proved to be very successful at the time.   An assessment of the cost of this event subsequently revealed however that the cost to the Council for the free day was approximately €100,000 when income foregone and additional costs in disposing of the waste were included.   This service was not provided in subsequent years due to the excessive cost involved.