Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Committee Work Programme: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Richard O'DonoghueRichard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That is fine. At the moment, the local authority is using rock salt but it is not adequate. It blows off dry roads, which means local authority workers have to go out two or three times before it works. We are looking for the brine solution. It is more efficient and it has been used in other councils and counties. It is far more efficient and it stays on dry roads. That is one of the things we are looking to do. I am open to whatever number we want to put that under. That is the basic point I want to include. All counties should have the same or be upgraded.

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