Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 April 2024
Committee on Public Petitions
Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion
1:00 pm
Mr. Michael McDermott:
Yes, 100% of the contribution must be paid. It was the same with Murrisk because the contract to construct the project was one between Mayo County Council and the contractor. If, for some reason, a certain number of people decide not to pay, that leaves a hole in the funding and Mayo County Council will not have that funding in place, but we will have signed a contract with a contractor who must be paid this amount of money. It was the same situation with the Murrisk project, where 100% of the local contribution had to be collected and-----
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