Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion

Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

If there is time, I will ask my colleague, Ms Walsh, who works on the rural water programme, to comment on the villages that currently have no wastewater treatment service. We are considering a scheme in that regard. I am not sure about the position in respect of the unconnected plants but there are legacy issues relating to plants that were put in but not connected to the mains system, which are causing difficulty. Those sins of the past have come back to haunt us. It is about ensuring we do not repeat those mistakes in current service provision. We have a scheme to try to address those issues.