Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have another question. There is an incident in Ballingeary, west Cork, at the moment. In the 1930s a septic tank was built for ten houses there. Now there are 61 houses, 13 businesses, two schools, a summer school, a community hall and a GAA club there and the septic tank cannot cope with the amount of wastewater going into it, which is flowing into the local river. We have been in contact with Irish Water. The residents believe this is a serious incident but nothing is being done to address it. Can someone answer me that? Should Irish Water not be dealing with cases in which wastewater can be seen going into a local stream or river?

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