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

Photo of Terry BrennanTerry 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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