Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community
Na Seirbhísí Uisce agus Séarachais a chuireann Uisce Éireann ar fáil i gceantair Ghaeltachta: Plé.
Mr. Des Joyce:
We have problems on Inis Mór occasionally. In 2020 and 2018, we would have been under pressure there but generally speaking we get by through the year. Inis Oírr is the one that is the most acute in terms of water availability around this time of year. We have consulted and we will consult other countries. We have looked at what they have done in places as far away as Australia. We have spoken to Scottish Water. We will be taking a much more in-depth look at this over the next couple of years. In terms of a feasibility study, we are probably looking at two or three years. Regarding the solution that is rolled out there, I cannot say how long it will take. As my colleague, Dr. O’Reilly, has said, our projects generally take five to seven years depending on the value of them. Depending on the complexity of the solution here, it could take that long, or it could be longer. I cannot really say at this moment.
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