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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

"To ask the Chief Executive would he consider a bottle bank/s that would serve the estates of Millrace, Crossforge and Drury Mills up behind bin shed and in the plot of land owned by Nevilles which is currently fenced off. Also, to look at City West car park at the top, St Mary's GAA and the new community centre in Saggart and to give a report to members on progress?"

REPLY:

The Council's Waste Management Section has examined the locations suggested here for the provision of bottle banks to serve the estates of Millrace, Crossforge and Drury Mills as well as the plot of land owned by Nevilles.  The locations at City West Hotel car park and St Mary's GAA have also been examined as has the new Saggart Community centre which is at Part 8 stage.

Preliminary site inspections have been done at these sites to assess their suitability for location of bring banks and it was felt that some of these sites meet the criteria set down in the Council's community recycling strategy for location of bring banks.  The next step in the process is to seek permission from the owners of the sites deemed suitable to put the bring banks on their sites. If permission is given, we will then proceed to carry out the local consultation which is set down in the recylcing strategy, whereby residents and other premises within a 50m radius of the proposed site are consulted.

It was noted during the inspection that the new Saggart community centre is at Part 8 Public consultation stage.  The plans for the new centre do not include a glass recycling bring bank site and therefore it will not be possible to establish one as part of the new development. It was also noted that the City West Hotel is currently being used as a testing centre for Covid-19 and hence it is closed to the public.  It is therefore not possible to pursue this site at the present time.