COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
QUESTION NO.3
QUESTION: Councillor L. O'Toole
Can the Chief Executive provide a report on the number of abandoned vehicles lifted in the Lucan area over the last 12 months and advise if abandoned vehicles remain an issue locally including whether any increase or trend has been identified.
REPLY:
Each report of an Abandoned Vehicle received is investigated by the Council's Litter Warden Service. The outcomes of the majority 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
Under Section 71 of the Waste Management Act, 1996, as amended an abandoned vehicle is described as a vehicle left in such circumstances or for such a period that it is reasonable to assume that the vehicle has been abandoned. The following steps are taken under the legislation:
1) Investigation of vehicle reported
2) Ownership checks & enquires
3) Communications with the owners (where known)
4) Removal of abandoned vehicles.
The table below provides an overview of abandoned vehicle complaints received and investigated in the Lucan area by SDCC for 2024 and 2025 to date:
|
|
2024 |
2025 (to date) |
|
Number of vehicles reported to SDCC as abandoned |
135 |
126 |
|
Moved by owner or not at location when investigated |
119 |
75 |
|
Garda Matter/Removed by Gardai |
0 |
0 |
|
Owner selling or putting back on road |
0 |
0 |
|
Parking issue |
2 |
0 |
|
Deemed abandoned and removed by SDCC |
12 |
3 |
|
Investigation ongoing at year/month end |
0 |
37 |
|
Duplicate reports |
2 |
11 |
|
No of Burnt-Out Vehicles (B.O.Vs) reports |
5 |
1 |
|
Burnt-Out Vehicles (B.O.Vs) Removed by SDCC |
3 |
0 |