Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There are five petitions for consideration today. The first for consideration is Petition No. P00021/22 regarding Kiltimagh water scheme from Mr. Tom Carney:

We are a village of about twenty families in Kiltimagh, County Mayo. The age ranges between twelve months and 88 years old. We have never had a drinking water supply in our village. We started back in 2012 working with Mayo County Council.

It goes on:

Fast forward finally getting funding for a water supply to all homes in 2019. Since them we have hit road blocks with Mayo Council and Irish water. All funding is in place and all family’s had contributed €1500 to €3000 each household. We provided all maps worked with approved contractors all to no avail. Irish water and Mayo council don’t get along and we will never get a water supply. We have [petitioned] every political figure in [M]ayo. To no avail again. Mayo Council and Irish water don’t get along. I have at least sixty emails and letters to council and Irish water. I have three very young children and buying bottled water has my family struggle day in day out. All the same for the village.

The current status of this petition is that a response was received from Irish Water on 7 June. The secretariat recommended that the response be forwarded to the petitioner at the private meeting of the committee of 22 June 2022. On 5 July 2023, the petitioner contacted the secretariat in respect of the Cleragh-Ballinamona water scheme and the continuing issue of 24 families facing no water supply. The committee recommends writing to Irish Water and requesting an update on the status of the works on the Kiltimagh water treatment works, which were scheduled for completion in mid-2023, and on the status of the networks extension work required at the Cleragh community water connection within 14 days. The committee also recommends writing to Mayo County Council requesting an update on the progress of extending the public network to supply the Cleragh community. Do members have any views?