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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, July 12, 2021

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive if glyphosate is still being used by council staff, and if so, in what areas is it still used?

REPLY:

The partial ban on the use of glyphosate adopted by the Council in May 2017 stops it's use in public parks, playgrounds and public gardens.  This is being implemented across the County.  Glyphosate continues to be used by the Council's road sweeping contractor in the provision of the weed control element of the services under that contract, this involves the control of weeds on hard surfaces such as footpaths, other paved areas and the roadside kerb.  There continues to be some use by Public Realm staff of herbicides to control weed growth around sign poles in grass margins for example, however this has reduced considerably from previous years and is likely to reduce further as alternative methods to control such areas are implemented.  Glyphosate based herbicides continue to be used by the Council as a critical part of it's programme to control and eradicate invasive species.