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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN/PALMERSTOWN/NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor Alan Hayes

To ask the Chief Executive if all reports of illegal dumping are inspected by the litter warden before being referred to the relevant depot for removal? In some instances, there is a period of several days between reporting and removal and in residential areas this is less than optimal given the potential health hazards and unsightliness near people's homes.

REPLY:

All incidences of littering and illegal dumping reported or detected are inspected by the Council's Litter Warden Service and searched for evidence of the polluter. Appropriate enforcement action is taken where the information of the polluter is identified. 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 dumping is referred to Public Realm crews for removal and generally this is done within a day.