Cllr calls for update regarding clearing of rubbish from illegal encampment site in Johnstown

By Kim O'Leary

There are calls for Kildare County Council to provide an update regarding the clearing of rubbish from an illegal encampment site in Johnstown, with the motion to be raised at tomorrow's meeting of the Naas Municipal District.

Councillor Fintan Brett has called for an update from the Council on 'when a site in Johnstown will be cleared of the unsightly mess left behind following the departure of the illegal encampment?'

Meanwhile, at the same meeting of the Naas Municipal District, Cllr Seamie Moore will also table a motion asking why Kildare County Council has not removed a temporary dwelling in the busy Southern Ring Road in Naas, 'despite the prolonged tolerance of elected members and members of the public'.

The politician claimed the number of  temporary dwellings have doubled in number in the area concerned and added that: "in essence they have become a 'settlement' on a public green area/path/road."

Cllr Moore also called for an explanation into why the family in question - who he claimed have been housed at least four times by Kildare local authorities - have not been housed after 18 months.

Both motions will be discussed at the meeting of the Naas Municipal District tomorrow. Tuesday 20 November.