Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Shannonvale is a picturesque community with considerable potential outside Clonakilty, but for 26 years, it has been left abandoned by the State. It has an appalling sewage overflow crisis. Today, a local councillor, Mr. Daniel Sexton, visited the area and told me that the local playground was closed and locked off to the public due to raw sewage on the ground. There is a stinking substance leaking into the River Argideen as far as Clonakilty’s intake mains water pipe. I have raised this issue approximately ten times in the House over the past 12 months, all to no avail. The people of Shannonvale are sick to their stomachs of listening to promises for 26 years. They have listened to the council blaming Uisce Éireann, Uisce Éireann blaming the council and Ministers visiting but delivering zero. Will the Taoiseach make a commitment to the people of Shannonvale and Clonakilty that delivering a sewerage scheme for them this year will be a priority?

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