Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann

Ms Angela Ryan:

It is one complete project. Obviously, with a pipeline type of project, we do not want to be going into those 500 landowners again. It is a single pipeline through the land that will be built at the ultimate size it needs to be in order to allow for flexibility. We have allowed for a booster pumping station along the line. In the first phase of the project where we need less water, that pipeline size works effectively. For the second phase, we put in that booster pumping station. This allows us to achieve the maximum output of the project. The project for which we are going in for planning permission for and the environmental consents will be for the maximum amount of water. As a result, we will not be coming back for a further abstraction in the second phase. The full environmental assessment will be done as part of the first phase.