Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Breach of EU Urban Wastewater Directive: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. David Flynn:

In response to Deputy Ó Broin, starting from this point in time the programme is laid out to 2021. Given, as Mr. Grant outlined, the supply chain issues in Ireland and the capacity available to do this type of work, it is an ambitious programme to 2021. It will bring us largely into compliance, apart from the three or four sites left beyond 2021. Be under no illusion: it is an ambitious programme. It will need to be funded and resourced and the supply chain issues will need to be sorted out. It assumes no significant planning risks coming into the process. As for our continued warnings, our job is to bring these issues to light with regard to water, wastewater, climate change and other issues, and we will continue to do so until the issues are resolved.

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