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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, November 08, 2022

QUESTION NO. 7

QUESTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

To ask the Manager for a clean up of the rear of the pitch adjacent to the Cherryfield Halting site. Local residents are very concerned about the amount of illegal dumping in the area.

REPLY:

The Traveller Accommodation Unit recently engaged a contractor to remove all rubbish from the pitch adjacent to Cherryfield Halting Site, see photos attached.This is the second cleansing operation completed by the Council at this location in 2022.

Staff from the Traveller Accommodation Unit are working with the Council's Waste Enforcement Officer, the Local Traveller Development Group and residents from Cherryfield Way to try and identify those responsible for this illegal dumping and take appropriate action where necessary.