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ENVIRONMENT
Environment Complaints Tidy Towns
All complaints are logged on the CRM The 1st Tidy Towns Forum of 2022 took place
(Customer Relations Management) System. in Kells on the 2nd April, hosted by Kells
The number of complaints being received & Tidy Towns representatives. Over 10 groups
logged by Environment staff for investigation registered to meet with other volunteers from
for the first quarter of 2022 is 264 compared across the County. Attendees were led on
with 453 for the same period last year. The a village walk to see the variety of projects
nature of these complaints ranges from including their rain water harvesting project and
littering, illegal dumping, water quality and their biodiversity enhancement project at St.
abandoned cars. However, the vast majority Mary’s Church. Kilkenny County Council plans
continue to be related to littering and illegal to organise another forum in May.
dumping. Graveyard Grants
Waste Recycling & Collection - Bring Banks The closing date for the Graveyard Grants
Usage Scheme 2022 was Friday 25th February,
The Council provides and manages 46 Bring 2022. There have been 54 applications in total
Centres across the City and County and a total received. Each application will be assessed by
of 605 tonnes of recyclables were collected the Environment Section in the coming weeks.
from our Bring Centres in the first 3 months of The grant may contribute towards the cost of:
2022. This represents an 11% decrease on • Graveyard maintenance, including
the same period last year and is mainly down appropriate works to help pollinators
to society reopening after Covid 19. LIDL • Graveyard recording schemes
Loughboy (with 40.03 tonnes collected YTD), • Heritage studies of graveyards
Loughboy Shopping Centre (with 37.19 tonnes • Costs associated with providing Public
collected YTD) and Graiguenamanagh (14.17 Liability Insurance.
tonnes collected YTD) are the busiest outside Community Monuments Fund Applications
of the City. Environment staff are continuing 2022
to work very closely with our service providers Applications below have been submitted to the
to ensure the collection service is in keeping Department of Housing, Local Government
with demand, especially around long weekends and Heritage’s Community Monuments Fund.
and holiday periods. Kilkenny County Council We are awaiting an announcement on our
is looking to increase the number of Recycling applications.
Centres in the County this year and is currently Application Stream 1 Funding Capital Works
in discussions with the Tidy Town committees at Dunkitt Church
with regard to suitable locations in towns and Estimated Value €100K
villages across the County. Work to secure walls including buttress Wall.
Kilkenny County Council has recently awarded Application Stream 1 Funding Capital Works
the contract for textile recycling to Textile at Clomantagh Church
Recycling Limited (TRL) for the next 2 years Estimated Value €100K.
following a tender process. The new clothes Work to secure walls including bell tower.
banks will be installed at all bring bank location
in the county over the coming weeks. Application Stream 2 Funding Conservation
Council’s Waste Prevention Programme - Reports at Grangefertagh Church
National Spring Clean Estimated Value €28K.
Building Survey, Conservation report including
An Taisce continued to accept registrations for the
National Spring Clean and Kilkenny has in excess Conservation Management Plan
of 70 registrations to date. The Environment Potential future application for Stream 1 Capital
Section will provide support to groups who are Works funding in 2023.
completing litter picks in their own local area by
supplying litter picking supplies and assistance with
litter removal after litter picking events between now
and September.
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