Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am saying that there are letters from 2016 and 2017. There were two in 2017. There was no mention to Mr. Coskeran of a problem or an issue with Irish Water taking over Rocksprings. Everybody appreciates, including the council, that this was a small estate that was needed. The housing problem will not be resolved unless we get small developers like Mr. Coskeran to build five or six houses in these areas.

Everybody agrees that the works were carried out to the high standard. We now have a situation where Mr. Coskeran finds that he cannot get his estate taken in charge. The reason it has dragged on this long is that we now have four bodies, namely, Tipperary County Council, the Department, Irish Water and the EPA, kicking the can around the circle. This is the nice way of saying it at this stage. Someone needs to take responsibility. Before I allow other members in, I would ask if any of the witnesses can tell the committee who is responsible for bringing Rocksprings into the public system? The wastewater plant in Hillview, which is beside it, is under the control of Irish Water. Is that a public wastewater system? It appears to be. If the wastewater system in Hillview is capable of taking the extra load, which we have been told it is, then a very easy solution would be for Rocksprings to be connected to that system. No one from the council, Irish Water or the Department seems to be prepared to look at that or go out and check on it. I know it is one of the proposals that is down as a solution but why has it not been looked at before this?