Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Right across the country, there are numerous smaller housing estates with proprietary treatment plants, often serving ten or 15 houses. In many cases, the treatment plant is not operating, which is causing pollution, blockages and difficulty for householders. They want to put it right but are struggling to do so. They cannot get access to the taking-in-charge initiative. Irish Water does not want them. The councils have no budgets for upgrading sewerage plants and the residents themselves cannot afford to do the work. Can the scheme for the group sewerage grants be upgraded to accommodate these families?

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