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KILRUSH Town Councillors are planning to name and shame town TTRKe)doLerca MAU MOON Kwesleesemmensomlicmey” the council, Cllr Liam Looney (FF) asked that the council put CCTV cameras in the Parc de Plouzane car park to monitor the recycling facility and to curb the continuing dumping OKO )o) ane A suo
“Just a few weeks back, the dumping was so bad, I couldn’t get access my- self,” he told his fellow councillors.
“This 1s a continuous problem and the only solution is to put CCTV there and then name and shame the culprits,” he said. “I think if we caught a few, it would stop.”
Cllr Tom Prendeville (FF) had oth- er ideas to solve the ongoing unsight- ly problem. “My solution is to move the bottle bank out of there. I don’t think it is right to have that particular ley Da Gai alos Rom
‘The only solution to this 1s a civic amenity that is properly managed and monitored like in Lisdeen. Kil-
rush is a big enough town to warrant such a facility.
The schoolteacher told the meeting that serious illegal dumping had also taken place in the local graveyard.
Cllr Looney agreed that a new fa- cility should be built but, in the in- ter1m, he believed that the CCTV suggestion would be cost effective, considering the cost to the council of cleaning up the illegal dumping.
Senior Staff Officer Siobhan O’Keeffe said that, during 2007, quotations were sought from various
companies for the provision and in- stallation of CCTV cameras in Place de Plouzane car park.
“Quotations received and site visits conducted presented technical difficul- ties which made it impossible to pro- ceed at the time. The town engineer has been in contact with another com- pany that could overcome the techni- cal issues and he is awaiting a detailed quotation from them,” she said.
“In the interim, the location of the bottle banks was moved to the centre of the car park and this has resulted
in a notable reduction in the incidents of illegal dumping.
“While incidents of illegal dump- ing are still occurring, every effort is made to tackle the problem. Twice daily inspections are carried out at this location to enable a timely response to incidents of illegal dumping.
‘Where an incident of illegal dump- ing has taken place, an investigation of all contents takes place and action is always taken under the Litter Pol- lution Act where evidence is recov- ered,’ she said.