Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. I attended a meeting last Thursday night in Shannonvale in Clonakilty. There is a sewage system there that has been leaking for 27 years. A public play park has been closed off and children have not been able to use it for the past 20 years. It could be Irish Water, it could be Uisce Éireann - it could be anyone. It is seeping down into the Argideen river, into Clonakilty, Timoleague and all that area - it is raw sewage. Uisce Éireann, the EPA and Cork County Council are aware of it. The Minister for housing was down last year. Everybody seems to be aware of it but nothing has happened for 27 years. Something stinks to the high heavens that a sewage system that has been burst for 27 years has never been repaired or replaced, which it obviously needs to be. It has caused a local play park to be closed off and frustrated every resident. Every rule and regulation is there to make sure farmers do not break the rules, which they should not, but the same regulation does not seem to apply in this case. It used to be the local authority and now it is Uisce Éireann. The EPA stated there are 70 areas of improvement recommended. Are they publicised in this document?