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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, May 24, 2021

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor T. Costello

"To ask the Chief Executive, is there a plan or schedule in place to deal with the increased Grafitti in the Tallaght Area".

REPORT:

SDCC will take immediate action to remove or cover offensive or politically motivated graffiti once a report is received.

We have also recently procured a sepcialist contractor who can remove graffiti from surfaces that require specialist remove techniques  (such surfaces include natural stone walls or porous surfaces).

SDCC has an MoU with the ESB and some other utility companies, who have agreed to remove graffiti from their premises/assets once reported to them.

Prior to the restrictions introduced as a result of the Covid pandemic, the Probation service provided a resource to remove all other types of graffiti. We do not have a date for the resumption of that service. In the interim this task has been assigned to Public Realm Operations staff.

Reports of incidents of graffiti can be made to SDCC and an inspection will be arranged, it will then been scheduled for removal at the earliest opportunity.