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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor S. O'Hara

To ask the Chief Executive In light of an increasing issue with illegal dumping of household rubbish on Brownstown Lane, Newcastle, D22WD00 can we call for more inspections in this area.

REPLY:

The Litter Warden will continue to monitor this location as part of their patrols. 

All reported and detected incidents 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.