Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government has handed over the provision of sewerage and water services to Irish Water and the long-awaited Kilcummin sewerage scheme is now under way. It is in the Lough Leane catchment. We all welcome this. Some €9 million is to be spent.

The problem now is that Irish Water is deviating from what Kerry County Council, the local authority, always did. It is looking for €4,000 per household for connection. This was always placed at the roadside boundaries free of charge to entice people to connect.

Work has begun. The road closure is in place until the end of September. The trench is open and it is 6 m and 7 m deep in places. It makes perfect sense to leave out the connections now as the work is progressing and that is what I am asking about.

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