Put a Skip on Your Road

This includes:

• Double yellow lines
• Paid parking zones, e.g. pay and display
• Clearways

It may take up to 7 working days to process your application, depending on where your skip is to be located.

You do not need a permit if you want to put a skip on a road with no parking restrictions – provided that the skip is placed in a safe manner and vehicular access is maintained (minimum of 3 metres in width retained).

For any further information, please contact the Roadworks Control Unit on 01 222 2246.

Get a skip permit

Step 1: Complete the skip permit application form

Note: You must submit this form every time you want a skip permit (there are no automatic renewals).

Step 2: Return the completed form to us

Allow up to 7 working days to process your application, depending on where your skip is to be located.

Prior to issuing of permit, payment of the appropriate fee to be made by debit card, credit card or Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). (Please provide proof of corresponding EFT payment via remittance advice). Thank you for your co-operation.

Fees for a skip permit

In a zone without paid parking (but with parking restrictions, e.g. clearways):

• 5 metres of road space: €27 per 24 hours

For zones with paid parking:

• Very high-demand zone: €50 per 24 hours
• High-demand zone: €41 per 24 hours
• Average-demand zone: €27 per 24 hours
• Low-demand zone: €19 per 24 hours

Find out what zone you are in

• Download a map of the paid parking zones in Dublin City

Note: If the skip is placed in a zone with paid parking, the location of the skip and the number of parking bays it occupies may increase the fee you need to pay.

Read the bye-laws for skip licensing in Dublin City

These laws describe in full detail how the skips permit system works.