COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, December 18, 2023

QUESTION NO.

QUESTION: Councillor T. Costello

"To ask the manager home much has the post Halloween clean up cost for Tallaght Area?"

REPLY:

A total of 213 bonfires were recorded across the entire county following Halloween 2023 with 113 of these recorded in the Tallaght area.  Final costs from the clean up cannot be calculated as yet as sites which require remediation are very wet and soft and cannot be repaired at the present time.  This work will have to be deferred to spring 2024 as is normally the case.  The final cost of clean up in 2022 was €155,000 and it is expected that this will be higher for 2023 due to the increased number of bonfires held.  It is not possible to calculate the exact cost of clean up in any one electoral area, as the clean up takes place simultaneously across all areas affected by bonfires with all waste materials being collected and transported together to the waste facility.   Waste tonnages for each area therefore cannot be calculated separately and therefore costs cannot be calculated separately.