Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Over 500 plants in the country have not been taken over by Irish Water. We put in €3.5 billion last year to upgrade those facilities. We have 50 plants in Cork county that are not up to scratch and we are going nowhere with them. I need to know what we intend doing over the next 12 months. What are we doing to make sure local authorities follow through on planning compliance?