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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

MOTION NO. 21

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

To ask the Chief Executive for (an estimate if an accurate breakdown is not possible) of the cost of collecting and disposing of material dumped in the Lucan Palmerstown North Clondalkin LAC, what kind of volume is involved in a typical year and what constitutes the (typical) waste having to be picked up by the Council and that a discussion take place.

REPORT:

The collecting and disposal of material dumped in the Lucan, Palmerstown and North Clondalkin LEA is carried out by staff operating from Waterstown and Grange Depots. The Grange Depot is also responsible for the maintenance of the Bawnogue area which includes housing estates and open spaces between the Nangor Road and the Grand Canal. It is therefore not possible to extract a figure solely for the LPNC LEA. The volume of material collected by these depots in 2020 was 713 tonnes and the cost to dispose of this material was €57,040.

Additional cost would include wages and machinery however it is not possible to apportion a figure to this, as the collection of dumped material would not be the sole activity carried out by the staff and machinery involved.

The type of material collected includes large household items such as beds & sofas, construction and demolition waste, domestic refuse, garden waste, broken toys, bonfire debris, etc.

This Motion was unanimously Agreed and Moved without Debate