COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM / TEMPLEOGUE / FIRHOUSE / BOHERNABREENA AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

MOTION NO.3

MOTION: Councillor J. Sinnott

This Committee acknowledges and greatly appreciates the work done by the Council in keeping our communities clean and tidy. However there has been a notable increase in graffiti and stickers across public spaces including lamp posts and traffic lights. To address this anti social behaviour the Committee requests the following is done: 1) A central portal is established for members to send in pictures and locations where stickers and graffiti are. 2) The Council arrange for the removal and cleaning of areas identified in a timely fashion.

REPORT: There is a central portal already established for reports of graffiti which is publicrealm@sdublincoco.ie. This email inbox is monitored by the team on a daily basis. We do ask that when reports are made, as much detail as possible is given, such as exact location (address), if it's a utility box, which type as in which utility company is responsible and to provide photos if at all possible. This information helps us to improve our response times in removing the graffiti or requesting others to remove same. Any other reports of graffiti made to the council through the info email info@sdublincoco.ie is referred through the customer care system to us and dealt with as other reports received. Reports can also be made by phoning Public Realm on 01 4149000. Members of the public can send reports of graffiti, including location details and photos to publicrealm@sdublincoco.ie, while the elected members can submit their reports via the members net system on Customer Care.

All reports of graffiti are dealt with by our removal crews as they are reported. Other staff remove graffiti also, including the painter and other construction staff. We continue to take immediate action to remove or cover offensive or politically motivated graffiti as a priority once a report is received. The Environment, Water and Climate Change (EWCC) directorate, has for some years now, been working with the Irish Probation Service who provide an additional support to the council's graffiti removal service within the county. 

SDCC has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ESB and a number of other utility companies, who have agreed to remove graffiti from their premises/assets once reported to them. EWCC are currently working with the ESB in reviewing and updating this MOU and will do the same with the other utility companies.