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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 14, 2021

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

To ask the Chief Executive to what extent anti-graffiti paint is used on surfaces in public areas which have been defaced, or are deemed at risk of being defaced, and how effective is it in preventing further graffiti?

REPLY:

Anti graffiti paints/coatings are used to form a layer over a surface to prevent graffiti from attaching to that surface. Graffiti can then be removed used power hoses from surfaces that are treated in such a way. The addition of the paint/coating does not prevent futher graffiti, however it does make the area affected easier to clean.

SDCC has used some anti graffiti paints in a limited number of areas such as some boundary walls and bridges. 

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). The same contractor can also apply anti graffiti coatings to such surfaces. Due to the higher cost, assessments on the need for anti graffiti coatings will be made on a case by case basis.

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

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.