Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 April 2024

Committee on Public Petitions

Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion

1:00 pm

Mr. John Condon:

To go back to the Senator's other question, in this case there are 24 houses. Even if one or two of the owners say they will not do it, that means we will not have enough to proceed, unless we increase the cost further on the remaining houses. If we had, as you might have on another scheme, 600 houses and where 500 houses might be enough to meet the threshold, we would have a bit of leeway. In a small scheme like this, however, we have less room to manoeuvre than we would if there were more people involved. That is why we need to make these people aware of what the actual costs are as soon as we can in order that they know where they stand. They can then decide on what they want to do or whether they think it is worth it. They can decide if they want to proceed or whatever. We will do that as soon as we finalise the figures.

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