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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, December 15, 2025

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor J. Spear

"Can the Manager report on whether any companies in Tallaght have been issued a fixed payment notice or fined for failure to properly store or dispose of commercial waste, and if so, how many per year, over the last 5 years?"

REPLY:

Under the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, there is no direct provision for a Local Authority to impose a fine on waste holders in relation to the management of their waste. Fines may only be imposed by the courts upon a successful conviction brought by the Local Authority. However, South Dublin County Council may impose a €75 fixed penalty notice on holders of waste under the South Dublin County Council Household and Commercial Waste Bye-Laws 2018, where the occupier fails to comply with a direction issued. It is rare that a direction would not be complied with by a commercial property.

There have been no fines issued to commercial properties in Tallaght under the 2018 bye-laws from 2021 to date.