Irish Water Accused Of 'Timewasting Exercise'

Fianna Fáil TD for Kildare South Seán Ó Fearghaíl is accusing Irish Water of a timewasting exercise after it was revealed the super quango wants to re-evaluate the Kildare Town waste water project, despite the fact that it has already been through a planning and tendering process.

Deputy Ó Fearghaíl commented: "€18 million euro has already been spent on a state of the art sewerage treatment plant for Kildare, however, it's use is not being maximised because the collection network has not been upgraded. €4 million was invested to facilitate this network, which will deliver the effluent to the treatment plant; tenders were approved and the process was due to be completed. However, according to Irish Water's capital investment plan, this project will now be subject to full planning.


"This is a ridiculous situation and a doubling up of processes. This is clearly a time wasting exercise and nothing more. Kildare missed out on the boom because there was no functioning waste water system capable of catering for additional housing. Plans were underway to rectify the situation and were on the verge of completion before this bonus driven super quango came in to throw a spanner in the works so that it can to avoid spending in an area where there has been no significant development in recent years."

(CD/MH)