Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities.

9:30 am

Mr. Sean Laffey:

In terms of numbers, as I said this morning, 91% of our plants are compliant with the urban wastewater treatment directive. By volume this is approximately 40% of the sewage that we treat. Ringsend on any given day accounts for 40% to 45% of the volume of sewage that we treat. Ringsend, after an investment of approximately €550 million, will be compliant with the urban wastewater treatment directive again this year.