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- Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)
Malcolm Noonan: ...problems in the sewer network and to fix them. There will be an upgrade of the Quay Street pumping station and Fingal County Council have carried out misconnection investigations in 2022, as well as working on issues of dog fouling. Quite a significant amount of work is going on there. Deputy Cian O’Callaghan raised the issue of the draft river basin management plan. The plan...
- Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)
Peter Fitzpatrick: ...coastal waters in satisfactory condition, mostly along the south-east and southern seaboards. There are still, therefore, some issues impacting bathing water quality to address. Agriculture, urban wastewater and fouling from dogs on beaches all impact on the quality of bathing water. Urgent and targeted action is required to reduce nitrogen emissions from agriculture in these areas....
- Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)
Chris Andrews: ...quality and health notices to avoid swimming are frequently put out to the public. There have also been warnings against children playing with sand on the beaches due to health risks, mainly from dog fouling, which I understand is a significant problem. Recently, large volumes of raw sewage were released directly onto the shoreline in Sandymount with no warning to the community and no...
- Environmental Protection Agency Water Quality Report 2022: Statements (28 Jun 2023)
Ivana Bacik: ...of the public can report pollution where they see it. I welcome these initiatives. However, there are also serious problems. Urban wastewater incidents, agricultural run-off, fouling from dogs and algal blooms were factors that impacted negatively on beaches last year. We are all familiar with the no-swim notices circulated and displayed in places like Seapoint and the Forty Foot in...