Mr. Thomas Carney:

To follow up on that, I made a freedom of information request to Irish Water concerning all of the allocations and connections issued while our application was sitting on the desk. Almost 50 connections were granted to the town of Kiltimagh for housing estates and different projects. We were told that our project did not have flow and capacity yet 50 were given out and there were no issues with flow and capacity. We were marginalised and stepped on again. When I asked why these housing projects were getting a connection when we were 12 years ahead of them, I could not get an answer.

I emphasise that the water treatment plant sits in our village. The farmers there cannot put out fertiliser, slurry or anything else on half of their farms. They cannot keep livestock out in the winter due to the fact this is a run-off for the river. They are all respectful of that and they take care of it, but we are not allowed to have water in our village where the water treatment plant is located. As I said, I can stand at my front door and look at the water treatment plant every day, but everybody else gets water except the two little villages right there.