Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 October 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland
10:15 am
Terry Brennan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I am from County Louth through which a few very important rivers flow into the sea. I am thinking in particular of the River Dee in Ardee. The sewage treatment plant in Ardee is quite close to the River Dee and discharges into the River Dee. I was not too pleased with what I saw going into the Dee six or seven years ago. I hope that has changed. How often do we monitor discharges from sewage treatment works into rivers? Do we have annual inspections or ones every two months? Do we have standards to maintain with discharges required to be within certain guidelines? How often do we check them out?
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