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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

MOTION NO. 13

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

This committee requests that the possibility of using mobile CCTV to monitor dumping and ant-social behaviour on the laneway network in Palmerstown be investigated and introduced as a pilot project for other parts of the county.

REPORT:

The Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (the Act) was signed into law on the 21^st of July 2022

The Act provides for amendments to:

• The Waste Management Act 1996 (the Act of 1996) [Part 3 of the Act] and
• The Litter Pollution Act 1997 (the Act of 1997) [Part 4 of the Act]

The proposed amendments to the Act of 1996 and the Act of 1997 include provisions for the approval of CCTV schemes by local authorities, subject to conditions, for the purposes of deterring environmental pollution and facilitating the deterrence, prevention, detection, and prosecution of offences under the Act of 1996 or the Act of 1997.

The Act includes a requirement that The Local Government Management Agency shall prepare and submit to the Minister for approval draft codes of practice for the purposes of setting standards for the operation of CCTV schemes by Local Authorities. It is also provided in the Act that the codes of practice must be in place prior to Parts 3 and 4 of the Act being commenced and any CCTV schemes being proposed for approval.

The location referred to in the motion will be considered for inclusion in any CCTV schemes proposed for approval subject to the requirements set out above.