Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I understand the application for the wastewater discharge licence has been with the EPA for the past four or five months. I understand it is one of the necessary pieces of the jigsaw to be put in place. At this point there should not be any further delay. My information is that the council has supplied all of the necessary information and that the project is ready to proceed. The design work has been done. All that is required is for the wastewater discharge licence application to be sorted out as the sewerage plant has been upgraded. I have a letter, dated 17 September 2007, issued during the boom and sent by a former Minister to local people stating no less than €12 million had been allocated. I recognise that this is not the Minister's fault, but I highlight the fact that it was not done. As the town is expanding, it needs this infrastructure. When Uisce Éireann opens for business, we must try to have it include this as one of its capital projects in the period 2014 to 2015.

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