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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 10, 2022

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor Yvonne Collins

To ask the Chief Executive to set out in tabular form by LEA the incidences of illegal dumping and the cost to clean up same over the last two years.

REPLY:

While it is not possible to provide figures by LEA, the total figures for incidences of illegal dumping for the county for 2021, and 2022 to date, are as follows:

Description

2021

2022 to date

Membersnet

   347

   209

Fix Your Street (finished in July 22)

1,107

   438

Environment Complaints System

1,077

   526

Total

2,531

1,173

The expenditure costs for the removal of illegal dumping for 2021 and 2022 to date were as follows:

Expenditure costs in relation to reported incidences of illegal dumping

2021

€1,465,374

2022 to date

€   875,568