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

When the funds were allocated the expectation was that works would be carried out on the ground. A year on that has not happened, and we understand that the cost is now estimated to be much greater than what was originally thought and that further funding is going to be needed for it. When the initiative was put in place the idea was that the pilot scheme would inform an ongoing, year on year multi-annual programme. That needs to start providing funding now for the likes of Crossbarry, because the works have not been done, the sewers continue to block and residents are left in a distressed situation. This situation is replicated right across the country in many other housing estates. Will there now be additional funding for the multi-annual programme that was envisaged when this pilot was put in place last year?

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