Taoiseach questioned on wastewater treatment in Dundalk
Louth Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú told Taoiseach Micheál Martin that underfunded and underdeveloped wastewater treatment in Dundalk is impacting the delivery of housing and future industrial development
Underfunded and underdeveloped wastewater treatment in Dundalk is impacting the delivery of housing and future industrial development, Louth Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú has told the Dáil.
The Dundalk TD raised the issue with Taoiseach Micheál Martin last week and said places like Bay Estate and Cluan Enda ‘are at constant risk of flooding’.
He said: “While we need catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, protections, the fact is we are impacted because 80% of Dundalk consists of joint systems that are not up to scratch in any way, shape or form.
“If we are talking about the Coes Road pumping station or the Point Road treatment plant, what was previously 2027 is now 2029 and what was 2029 is 2034. We need to see delivery”.
In response, the Taoiseach said: “I will see what we can do with Uisce Éireann, and the OPW, I presume, in relation to the implementation of CFRAM”.