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AN ENFORCEMENT TEAM could be on the way to tackle the ongoing problem of illegal dumping of rubbish in Dublin’s north inner city area.
The team could be tasked with calling to people’s homes and undertaking surveillance of areas where illegal rubbish is a major problem.
Brendan Hayden, Assistant Area Manager of the central area in Dublin City Council, and member of the North Inner City Litter Action Group which was set up by Dublin City Council (DCC), told TheJournal.ie that discussions are underway on the setting up of such a team.
He said that he believed enforcement is one of the main ways that the illegal dumping on the capital’s streets can be tackled, and that the council needs to take a “strong hand in relation to enforcement”.
He said this could mean singling out streets that are deemed to be litter blackspots or illegal dumping blackspots, and there could be “a crew of people who will monitor that area over a period of time”.
Initiatives
NICLAG has introduced a number of initiatives, including a poster campaign, and in its monthly reports to the council – the next of which is in July – continues to suggest ways to reduce the level of illegal dumping in the north inner city area.
Hayden said that “calling to people’s houses asking people about who have they got their collection with” is one way to make a major impact, and that there needs to be strong enforcement of new by-laws and existing by-laws.
New by-laws on the storage, presentation and collection of household and commercial waste were issued recently by DCC.
Hayden said the council will “lose out if we are not in a position to enforce [the by-laws]“.
Discussions
Discussions are underway within the council about the setting up of the enforcement team, and whether the staff would come from within the council or whether the jobs would be outsourced.
Hayden said the idea is being considered at the moment as to whether litter wardens and waste management staff would be happy being part of an enforcement team or “if there are aspects of it over and above that the litter wardens can’t take on”.
“There must be some level of surveillance and inspection of what is going on,” said Hayden.
So the minute something occurs [we] can hone in on it.
The enforcement could involve examining waste or people knocking on doors, said Hayden. He said that if the council has a clear indication that people in certain houses are creating difficulties “that we have the power and we have authorised staff that are prepared and willing to knock [on doors]” but added it is “not an easy job” and there could potentially be issues with staff regarding health and safety.
“It is being looked at from the council’s point of view,” he said, and the area manager and waste management are looking at it. “[It]would involve talks with the current litter wardens,” he said.
It could also mean talks with the unions in relation to the change we would be suggesting.
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Sure the funny thing is you think you’re Taoiseach already….
Enda Kenny pulled a master stroke by making Leo Varadkar minister for health…..
After the next election you’ll never work in politics again…
But you definitely will get a job in The Journal…
They Fecking love you….
Who’d want it now, that party is a busted flush!!
In 2010 after backing Richard Brutal for leader, Varadkar said it would be “very hypocritical” to take a spokesmanship job on the frontbench, under a man he had stood against (Kenny)
Didnt stop you taking a cabinet position under him though, did it Varadkar!
Leo the liar
Really getting great mileage out of that interview. The love affair continues.
Remember Leo even a turkey will fly in a hurricane,
He’ll be as relevant as Micky Martin
But Leo.
After the next general election, FG will be no more.
Leo couldn’t possibly answer a question about leadership ambition with the truth – besides the point that I don’t think he knows how not to tell porkies,
Stop trying to get us to like this clown.
Quick question, who are all these people that are linking Leo’s name to leadership of FG, no-one I know is?
I am.
That’s good Tap
They can all go down the same plughole.
I wonder what he is like as a doctor and would he be better off if he went back into that profession?
Some people like him others don’t, and maybe it would be better if he cut his losses while he is ahead. God knows there are enough young people wasting away doing things that are so far removed from the jobs they trained for. Many are lucky to even have a job because of this government’s arrogance and indifference to youth unemployment.
The economy is recovering. Taxes are reducing. Nice!
Okay Powerabbey where to start….
where to start….
So the government gave people e5 in the budget per week regardless of income to families then takes away e3-4 of that in water charges. While people on 100k or more got e700 of a cut plus this e5 on a children’s allowance payment from the social welfare. Yes the highest in society are claiming social welfare payments………….but thank you Jesus and all of the above (if you believe in that sort of thing, I do, many do not) for the e1 per week pocket money for all the plebs….
I’ll vote for the first party to come out and say that IW is being scrapped immediately..simple as that..
He won’t have a f****** job in the new year. the irish people are going to drop kick Enda Kenny through the goalposts of life. And i phone Joan will be on the touchline
Michael Martin current leader of Fianna Fáil, in spite of the comments of Fine Gael and Sinn Fein supporters on here, will be the next Taoiseach of this country of ours and he will lead this lovely country onto new prosperity and better living.
Gerrymiah wtf…… What’s Martin going to do different??? All plans water charges etc was agreed under the previous government with him, country is on the road to recovery… Europe controls is doesn’t matter wanta muppet in charge…. Don’t forget Fianna Fáil ruined this country had the people a short term memory????
Forget to take your medication this morning Jer.
gerry
You’re not fully awake yet lad, give it time you will come around, too much christmas pudding, fruit cocktail, pina coladas, and of course the one for the road, get plenty of water into you, then reassess you’re comment.
That is probably true as the electorate here have short memories. The electoral cycle goes: FF get into government, but then wreck the economy by buying elections, people then get fed up and put FG in to clean up the mess. When that is done, then FG gets turfed out of office on to the opposition benches with FF returned to power to wreck the economy again and they then get thrown out for FG to clean up the mess again, etc , etc
You ok Gerry? I do worry…..
Who gives a flying fcuk what this dipstick wants?
That’s what Frank Underwood said & look where it got him…
“Personal ambition is the last thing on my mind” Ha. Who are you trying to fool Leo?
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