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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

MOTION NO. 18

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

This committee requests Chief Executive to re-examine the area around the Griffeen shopping centre as a number of people have raised the matter of increase litter around the shops and along the main roads outside of the centre. Included in this motion is copy of a motion I raised in 2016 where same issue was brought to the attention of council management.

REPORT:

The area around Griffeen Shopping Centre, Griffeen Road and Griffeen Avenue is patrolled bi-weekly by the Council's Litter Warden.

The Litter Warden recently contacted management at the centre who in turn, contacted their management company to arrange to increase the cleaning schedule.

When illegally dumped items are found on the footpaths, roads they are inspected for evidence and listed for removal by public realm crews. 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.

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.