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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE
Monday, May 25, 2026
QUESTION NO. 10
QUESTION: Councillor K. Keane
"To ask the committee for details of the sites of the most frequent fly tipping in the Tallaght area including how many have been recorded in the past year at each location, and any measures to the address the the issue that have been implemented at each location or are under consideration. To ask if fly tipping between Kiltalown Avenue and Kiltalown Road is being monitored, and if there are any plans to address this?"
REPLY:
The Environmental Complaints System operated by SDCC generates statistical reports by designated Litter Warden area and does not have a specific category for fly tipping and refers instead to illegal dumping. The relevant Litter Warden area predominantly comprises of West Tallaght and includes Kiltalown Avenue and Kiltalown Road.
SDCC has received and investigated 442 complaints of illegal dumping under the Litter Pollution Acts throughout this Litter Warden area from 1/1/2025 to 30/4/2026.
From 1/1/25 to 30/4/26, 134 fines have been issued, 35 Notices served, and 61 cases have been sent forward to the Law Department for the initiation of legal proceedings under the Litter Pollution Acts.
With the relevant Litter Warden area, the specific areas with the highest number of reports for investigation under the Litter Pollution Act from 1/1/2025 to 30/4/26 are Kiltalown, Montpelier and Mac Uilliam.
The Waste Enforcement and Public Realm sections are continuing to monitor issues of illegal dumping along Kiltalown Lane, which appear to have increased this year.
A scheme to introduce CCTV for the purposes of prevention, detection and prosecution of waste offences is currently being developed in accordance with the LGMA Codes of Practice and a business case will be submitted to the CCTV oversight board in due course for this area.
Should the scheme be approved, CCTV will be installed for a fixed period over the summer months.