COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
QUESTION NO. 12
QUESTION: Councillor Derren Ó Brádaigh
To ask the Chief Executive for a report on abandoned vehicles within the county between Feb 2022 – Feb 2023, in tabular format. Report to include notices issued to registered owners, costs, monies recovered, and number of vehicles correctly disposed.
REPLY:
The numbers of vehicles reported to South Dublin County Council as abandoned and the outcomes of these cases including the numbers of vehicles removed by the Council in 2022 and to the end of February 2023 are set out in the table below:
|
|
2022 |
2023 to end February |
|
Number of Vehicles reported to SDCC as abandoned |
374 |
53 |
|
Moved by owner or not at location when investigated |
230 |
25 |
|
Garda matter |
13 |
1 |
|
Owner selling or putting back on road |
28 |
NIL |
|
Parking Issue |
82 |
18 |
|
Deemed abandoned and removed by SDCC |
19 |
NIL |
|
Investigation ongoing at year/month end |
2 |
9 |
|
Cost of removal (inc. VAT) |
€7,002.98 |
n/a |
Each report received is investigated by the Council's Litter Warden Service. As a result of these investigations, the number of vehicles deemed to be abandoned and removed by the Council is low.
The outcomes of most of the reports received fall into four broad areas as follows:
- the vehicle was either moved after the owner was contacted by the Council or was not at the reported location when investigated.
- the vehicle is in use or being sold/put back on the road by the owner
- Garda matter
- relates to parking issues