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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive if any fines for illegal dumping of litter have been issued in 2022 to Four Star Pizza, 5-7 Main St., Clondalkin given the egregious way in which the business leaves litter outside their premises? See attached photo of latest incident.

REPLY:

All reported and detected incidents of littering and illegal dumping at this location 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.

There have been no fines or notices issued to this business in 2022. The Litter Warden will continue to monitor this location in line with routine patrols. The Litter Warden will also monitor and liaise if necessary with our Waste Enforcement team on the presentation of waste for this business. 

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.