COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE 1

Monday, October 16, 2006

QUESTION 19

QUESTION: Cllr. Marie Corr

 "To ask the Manager why despite repeated requests and attempts to ensure correct management of *details supplied are fires being consistently set at this location without any emergency cleanup process being adhered to or enforced?"

 REPLY

The illegal burning of materials at the location referred to in the question has been part of an ongoing problem which has been kept under constant review by Council staff. There has also been considerable liaison with the Council's Environmental Health Officers with a view to identifying those responsible for this unacceptable practice. To date it has not been possible to sufficiently identify those persons involved in starting the fires. It is Council policy to initiate prosecutions against any identified individual involved in this practice. Any information or evidence from the residents of the area which will assist in identifying those involved in the practice can be supplied in full confidence to any Council official or at any of the joint Council / Garda clinics.

The adjacent development has the services of a resident caretaker and as a normal part of his caretaking duties, makes reports of any incidences including fires to the Council on a weekly basis.  Clean-ups of the area in the immediate vicinity of the development are carried out by contract on behalf of the Housing Department within available resources.