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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 11, 2021

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor David McManus

To ask the Chief Executive for a statement on actions taken on abandoned cars in 2020, if a breakdown is available per local electoral area and any prosecutions taken through the courts.

REPLY:

In 2020, the Council received 564 reports of abandoned vehicles throughout the county. Each report was investigated by the Council's Litter Warden Service. As a result of these investigations, the Council removed a total of 43 cars that were deemed to have been abandoned.

The outcome of the remaining reports is as follows:

• 321 cars were either moved after the owner was contacted by the Council or were not at the reported location when investigated
• 109 cars were in use or being sold/put back on the road by their owner
• 41 cases were a Garda matter
• 50 cases related to parking issues

Records are not currently available on a local electoral area basis.

There were no prosecutions taken through the courts by the Council in respect of an abandoned vehicle.