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Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is my understanding that the studies would be done prior to the application being made to Irish Water. Is that so? Can we take it that all the necessary studies have been done at this stage? Planning permission has been granted. We are now at a stage where Irish Water has accepted an amount that needs to be submitted for the cost of the overall scheme so that adequate funding is in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Hopefully we will get clarification today on where we are at in regard to the scheme and what needs to be done. I hope we will also get a defined timeline so people will know exactly when they can expect to have water. I agree that it is an intolerable situation that Kiltimagh, Cleragh or any other area is without water at this stage. The interface between the group water schemes, Irish...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I agree. I am part of group water scheme myself. I am in the Drum-Binghamstown group water scheme. I want to take this opportunity to commend all of the volunteers in the group water schemes in Mayo and throughout the country. I will speak again to Irish Water, as I have spoken to it before, about the write-off of the debts on some of these schemes. We cannot expect volunteers to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No. I look forward to hearing from Mayo County Council, Irish Water and the Department. We need to focus on what we need to do from here on to make sure they have clear and clean water as quickly as possible.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When was the formal application made to Mayo County Council from the scheme?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There was an actual application in there 12 years ago. Okay.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I really appreciate this. I am wearing out my lives here. I have to go in to the Dáil and speak on politically exposed persons. I want to briefly look backwards in terms of where we are because it is important to get clarity. We have got some clarity since the witnesses came before us. I am still a bit confused about when the formal application went into Mayo County Council. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. On the Natura impact assessment report, how long does this add to the time required for a scheme?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. I have a few other questions. When will we have a decision from Uisce Éireann concerning this connection?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. It will be a couple of weeks. When will we have the costing for the overall scheme to enable us to establish how much the household contribution will be in the context of the overall cost?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What costs are taken into account in this context? I refer to when the overall cost is available. There has already been an allocation of funding in this regard. Just over €50,000 has been spent on what has had to be done. What makes up the overall cost of the connection?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Regarding any moneys left over from the original allocation, will those funds be taken into account to reduce the overall cost of the project?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Why?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I think it is important to establish this fact.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Okay. Turning to the witnesses from the Department, if we get to a situation, where, because of inflation and time and everything else, we have a large amount of money being asked of homeowners, is there funding available within the Department to be able to reduce this amount being charged to them to ensure they are not penalised for the impact of inflation etc? What does the Department...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The amount of funding requested from the Department and the amount granted can determine how much the householders end up paying. Is this correct? I am just trying to understand how we can achieve a manageable amount for the people concerned to pay.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On the local contribution, before construction starts, does 100% of this have to be paid or signed up to or what happens in this regard?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is there any source whatsoever where it is possible to get funding to support vulnerable families or those who genuinely would not have or be able to make the full contribution? Do the witnesses know of any sources available? In terms of community welfare officers or anything under social protection, is there anything the council is aware of?

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Kiltimagh Water Scheme: Discussion (25 Apr 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not want us to find ourselves in a situation where a small number of people, through no fault of their own, cannot sign up to this and then it holds up the whole scheme. I am trying to find some solutions here. Does anyone here know what will be the duration of the scheme? Once the construction starts, how long will it take before the water is available?