Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion

Photo of David StantonDavid Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Apologies for interrupting; my time is very limited. I ask Irish Water to have a look at that, because my understanding from dealing with people in the ground is that it is quite cumbersome and legalistic, and involves solicitors, estate agents and so on. Perhaps it would be more efficient if one person were to go and sit down across the table from the landowners and negotiate a deal with them. That would speed the process up. It is frustrating. Landowners in my area are anxious to engage with Irish Water and want to make a reasonable arrangement, but cannot, because they do not who to talk to and nobody has knocked on their door. I make that suggestion.

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