Mary has received an update on the future of the Grangegorman Bring Centre: The Grangegorman Bring Centre, located on land owned by the Grangegorman Development Agency, is being closed down as the GDA needs the land for ongoing site development. An alternative interim site next to the current center has been offered to Dublin City…
Category: Waste & Water
Lead pipe replacement
Supports are available to remove lead pipes from your home. The Domestic Lead Remediation Grant Scheme provides funding for 100% of the approved cost of works to replace lead pipes, up to €5,000. To determine if your house contains lead pipes, you can inspect the pipe connecting the water main to your kitchen tap. Locate…
Water Environment Bill
Mary contributed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government, Planning and Heritage pre-legislative scrutiny Report on the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020. This legislation is important to achieve the following objectives: Bring Ireland into compliance with EU Water Framework Directive 2000 Modernise the administration and legislation for water abstraction Provide an EPA administered…
Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill Pre Legislative Scrutiny.
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government & Heritage started to scrutinise proposal for new legislation to regulate, register and license water abstraction. Important legislation to protect water ecology, comply with EU Water Directive, conserve water, minimise pollutants, measure and manage water abstraction. Requested more details on proposed thresholds, measurement and enforcement. Draft legislation expected…
Griffith Park tree removal
Following a Visual Tree Assessment of trees located in Griffith Park, sadly Dublin City Council has advised Mary that 14 horse chestnut trees in the park must be removed. The horse chestnuts have been badly hit by a disease called Horse Chestnut Bleeding Canker and the situation is exacerbated by a caterpillar feeding on the…
Waste Charges
During Covid-19 restrictions, most people are spending more time at home and many residential homes are generating more domestic waste and at the same time struggling with reduced income. At the May 2020 meeting of the Central Area Committee, Mary asked that DCC would request private domestic waste collection companies operating in Dublin City to…
Shared Domestic Bins
In 2011 Mary opposed DCC’s withdrawal from domestic waste collection which led to chronic problem litter and illegal dumping in Dublin’s inner city. Mary says that shared Dublin City Council streets bins for domestic waste could be the solution to inner cities chronic dumping problem and encourages inner city dwellers to sign-up to help DCC…
Clean-Up Dublin
UPDATE: DCC CEO has sent Mary the attached email by way of response to the matter raised below. In short, DCC is waiting for advice from the HSE & the Dept of Health to advise on how best to approach Covid-19 street cleaning. Fianna Fáil City Councillor for Dublin Central, Mary Fitzpatrick, has called on…
Dublin Litter Plan 2020
Like most people living in Dublin Central Mary is very proud of our area and frustrated with the persistent littering and illegal dumping that takes place. Mary is working with DCC to re-introduce a municipal domestic waste collection service in the city and has renewed her call for the introduction of a bin waiver for…
Litter Management
Since the privatisation of residential bin collections in 2011, and despite the best efforts of residents groups and DCC waste management, illegal dumping persists in far too many parts of Dublin Central. Mary vigorously opposed the privatisation of residential bin collections and abolition of waiver for low income households at the time. Since re-election…