Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Following the Deputy's question, I will endeavour to expedite the review of the submission that we received on 22 October. I am expecting that in the coming weeks. As he knows, I will visit his constituency very shortly and will endeavour to have an update around that time.

A detailed review of a number of projects is being carried out, which includes how the pilot project worked and how it could potentially be extended. We need a more robust scheme, to be frank. The Minister of State, Deputy Burke, alluded to that in a previous response. We are working on a scheme to partner with local authorities with regard to towns and villages that do not have any wastewater infrastructure. I know that is not specific to Crossbarry in this instance but there are other towns and villages across the country that need to be addressed, which will not be addressed solely through the Irish Water capital programme. We need to see how that can be speeded up. As I said, I will ask officials to expedite the review of this submission and revert to the Deputy.

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