COMHAIRLE CHONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

South Dublin County Council Crest

MEETING OF COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 13, 2006

QUESTION 17

QUESTION: Cllr. Eamonn Tuffy

To ask the Manager for an updated report on the current position in regard to the collection of black bins from households,  if he can provide a figure for the percentage of households in the County which are entitled to a bin collection and a figure for the number of households in receipt of free Bin Tags?

REPLY

There are approximately 83,900 households in the County who may avail of the Council’s domestic waste collection service. The  number of households currently receiving this service is  approximately 79,800. Approximately 4,100 householders are not receiving a refuse collection as they still owe varying amounts of arrears of the fixed Environmental Waste Charge, which applied prior to the introduction of the tag system in February 2004. The collection of these arrears is ongoing.

There are over 14000 households among the 79,800, who have been approved for waiver of the Environmental Waste Charges.