It is unacceptable that four years since Dublin City Council launched its anti-litter campaign in Dublin’s North Inner City the area was once again identified in the latest IBAL Report as the dirtiest area in the country . Residents and businesses in Dublin’s North Inner City pay expensive rates and local property tax and should…
Category: Waste & Water
DCC should re-introduce bin collection service
The latest Irish Business Against Litter survey once again confirms, despite the enormous efforts of residents and community groups, Dublin’s North Inner City as a persistently littered area. To address the chronic problem of illegal dumping Mary Fitzpatrick is calling on Dublin City Council to re-introduce domestic bin collections in the area with a waiver scheme for low…
End Water Fiasco
The debate about Irish Water has gone on for far too long and politicians on all sides should end it now. As a City Councillor, 2003-2014, I am acutely aware of the critical importance of water for Dublin where we use 99% of all available treated water. I’m environmentally conscious and believe climate change is the biggest…
Water
As a City Councillor, 2003-2014, I am acutely aware of the critical importance of water for our city. In Dublin, we use 99% of all available treated water. The need to apply water restrictions in recent years highlights the seriousness of the situation. However, as leader of the Fianna Fáil group on Dublin City Council…
Christmas Tree Recycling
Dublin City Council will be accept Christmas Trees for recycling free of charge from the 3rd to 22nd January 2017 at a number of locations including Grangegorman and Croke Park. For more details please click here.
Government must heed EPA Report
The EPA Urban Wastewater report highlights how spectacularly dishonest Fine Gael and Labour’s plan for Irish Water was and how communities all over Ireland are paying the price environmentally and economically for their fiasco. The EPA report reflects the status of over 1,000 schemes across Ireland and the lack of investment in recent years in wastewater…
Autumn leafs
During the autumn and winter months Dublin City Council collects hundreds of tonnes of leafs from main roads. Dublin City Council does not clean-up or collect leafs from residential areas but it does provide equipment, bags and collections free of charge for residents groups removing leaf fall from their areas. Residents in Dublin Central can…
Minister must freeze Bin charges and re-introduce waiver
As a Dublin City Councillor 2004-2014 and leader of the Fianna Fáil group I led the opposition to abolition of the bin waiver for low income households and privatisation of bin services in Dublin City. The decision was disastrous and cost the city millions in bad debts and clean-up costs for illegal dumping. It has…
Pay By Weight
From the 1st of July 2016 waste collection laws state that everybody is supposed to pay for their waste by weight. This new ruling caused a lot of concern to residents in Dublin Central who live in properties which cannot accommodate wheelie bins. Following my representations to Dublin City Council they considered the issue. I…
Transparent and Affordable Bin charges Needed
As leader of the Fianna Fáil group on Dublin City Council 2009-2014 I strongly opposed the privatisation of domestic bin collections in Dublin City because there was little transparency of pricing and it abolished the bin waiver scheme for 40,000 low income households. The next Dáil must address and correct this flawed policy decision. If…