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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

QUESTION NO. 19

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

To ask the Chief Executive if there has been any follow up in relation the back lane between Wheatfield Road and Oak Court in terms of issuing warning letters or initiating prosecutions with any landowners of commercially-owned areas deemed to be littered; and if a statement can be made on the matter.

REPLY:

There have been no prosecutions initated under the Litter Pollution Acts in relation to littering or illegal dumping at this location.

All reports of littering and illegal dumping are investigated by the Council's Litter Warden Service and all dumped material is searched for evidence. Where evidence is found, the appropriate enforcement action is taken under the Litter Pollution Act 1997, as amended. Increasingly, it is found that no personal information relating to polluters is contained within the dumped material, with personal information having been removed or shredded.

As always, the Council is grateful for assistance and support from local residents or others in their investigations of such incidents as they arise. In the absence of substantive evidence / witness statements and the presence of such witnesses in court, it is not possible for us to bring successful prosecutions.

The Public Realm Section maintain the laneways in Palmerstown on a six-week cleansing cycle. The maintenance work carried out includes litter removal, removal of fly-tipped waste and the removal or spraying of weeds as required.