COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
MOTION NO. 3
MOTION: Councillor F. Timmons
That this Area Committee calls on All candidate’s running in the General Election in Dublin Mid West to respect the voluntary Tidy Towns poster bans in areas around the villages of Clondalkin, Saggart, Newcastle, Lucan and Palmerstown and to also ask that all candidate’s remove cable ties in a timely manner after the polling day! To also ask candidate’s not to poster outside of what is allowed by the law!
REPORT:
On the 8th of November 2024, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD made orders appointing Friday, 29th November 2024 as the polling day and the hours of 7:00a.m. to 10:00p.m. to be the hours of polling at the General election.
With arrangements for the 2024 General election now set, candidates were permitted to erect posters from the 8th of November 2024, which was under 30 days before the polling date. There is a requirement for candidates to remove all posters within 7 days of the poll. The timeframes to erect and subsequently remove posters are set out in the Litter Pollution Acts. Where advertisements/posters remain visible from a public place after 7 days of the polling date, fixed penalty notices may be issued to the persons/organisation/political party responsible for erecting the advertisements/posters.