Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Committee on Public Petitions
Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge (Resumed): Tipperary County Council
Mr. Eamon Lonergan:
As the Deputy has clarified, there is no issue with me revealing the conditions, the snag list, the inspection and the taking-in-charge application. All of that information is on a public file and we will be happy to present that to the committee.
I want to go back to the Chairman's question on communication with the Department. We have regular communication with the Department. The reply on 9 June stated that the Department understands that Tipperary County Council is seeking to resolve the DPI serving of a private housing estate in Rocksprings, which is very important. It goes on to say that the Department is working with Irish Water, which is willing to examine this. We presented the resolution that we feel is workable, which is very important. This will not work in every housing estate but there is a particular situation in Rocksprings, which is adjacent to Hillview. We flagged in our application back in 2019 that this was our solution and we are still adamant that this is the solution. To quote the Department, it understands that we are seeking to resolve this, which is important, and it is working with Irish Water, which is willing to examine this. That is very positive.
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