Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme
2:00 am
Mr. Niall Gleeson:
We do about 60 planning applications a year. Probably 50 go through without too many issues. We do a lot of small pumping stations and treatment plants. When it comes to the bigger ones, no one wants a wastewater treatment plant. Everyone wants it in their town, but nobody wants it near their house. As a result, they tend to be contentious. It is those tricky ones that we are struggling with. We have the planning and consultation processes, and we do engage very closely with communities to get things done.
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