Register of all FOG licenses issued to food service establishments
This dataset contains a register of all Fats Oils & Greases (FOG) licenses issued to food service establishments in Dublin City. The FOG programme was put in place in 2008 to reduce waste grease discharges from clogging the city's sewers and is licensable under the Water Pollution Acts. Information fields contain a list of facilities, their addresses,licence number as well as the type of facility, which include: Fast Food Restaurant'Full Service Restaurant'Drive through (only) Restaurant'Seasonal Restaurant'Coffee Shop'Bakery'Supermarket'Hospital'Nursing Home'School/College/University Canteen'Club/Organization Canteen'Company/Office Building Canteen'Other'Guess House'Public House 'Convenience Store/Deli 'Hotel 'This datasets can be read in conjunction with the drainage maintenance cleaning programme dataset for Dublin City, which contains a field to indicate if grease was found in a cleaned drain, thus feeding into the FOG inspections.
Note: Uisce Éireann maintains a register of licences granted under Section 16 of the Local Authority (Water Pollution) Act as part of its regulatory responsibilities. Individuals can request a copy of the register by contacting our team at dischargetosewer@water.ie.
Please note that the historical data/register is out of date. For the most current information, contact Uisce Éireann directly.