Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2022-2027: Discussion

Dr. Matthew Crowe:

Yes. No country got anywhere close to meeting that. The first six-year cycle ended in 2015. The directive also provided for two additional cycles. We are now into the third cycle, which is up to 2027. Ms O'Brien rightly pointed out the directive set as a target good water quality by 2015, with particular situations where there could be exceptions to that.