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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

QUESTION NO. 1

QUESTION: Councillor N. Fennell

To ask the manager how many notifications and or fines were issued by the litter warden to fast food outlets in LEA, in the previous 3 years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, for failing to maintain the required area outside their premises of litter. This response to detail the breakdown by Lucan, North Clondalkin & Palmerstown in tabular form.

REPLY:

All incidents of illegal dumping reported or detected in any area 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. 

The Environmental Complaint System operated by South Dublin County Council does not record data by Local Electoral Area. The total number of Litter complaints investigated by the Litter Warden service between 2022 and 2024 was 3,242.

Please see below table of fines issued for the period 2022- 2024 which is divided into South Dublin County Council’s designated litter warden areas. The table below includes the fines that were issued specifically for fast food outlets also.

If there are specific concerns relating to Fast Food Outlets and litter, please contact the Enforcement and Licensing section directly and the matter will be investigated further. Alternatively, complains can be logged through the SDCC Environmental Complaints System.

Litter Warden Area

2022

2023

2024

Total

Lucan

  64

  86

  41

191

Clondalkin

  91

  84

  91

266

West Tallaght

142

128

147

417

Saggart/Newcastle/E Tallaght

 72

  71

  35

178

Templeogue/Walkinstown

 45

  40

  59

144

Total

414

 409

373

1196

Specific Fines for Fast Food Outlets for Lucan & Clondalkin

0

0

1

1