asked the Minister for Local Government the date on which he received an application from Dublin County Council for sanction for a public water supply scheme for Jobstown, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when he expects to be in a position to sanction the scheme.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Dublin Water Supply.
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No proposals for the provision of a public water supply to Jobstown, Tallaght, have been submitted to my Department by Dublin County Council.
Is the Minister aware that only last week I was told by the county manager that the Minister has turned it down on the ground of providing a more comprehensive supply that would embrace the roads from there back to Saggart, and the houses on it?
Jobstown was not on it; it is Kiltalawn.
Kiltalawn is another name for Jobstown.
Not according to the information I have or in so far as I am aware.
Is the Minister aware that the agitation for this supply has been going on for several years and that these houses are adjacent to a skin and hide factory? The supply is polluted and only after a deputation to the Dublin Corporation was it agreed to give a supply and now it has been turned down.
Jobstown has not come up to me at all.
That is side-stepping the issue.
Jobstown is what the Deputy asked about. The location about which he is talking is the other place, Kiltalawn, which adjoins Jobstown.
Perhaps Kiltalawn is the Irish name for it.
It is not. There are 15 houses in question according to what I am told. There is a water main nearby the pressure of which is not sufficient to give supply and, therefore, a source other than this is now being sought.
We were pumping the supply up to the tank. That was the proposal, not depending on the pressure in the main.
It is not Jobstown anyway.
That is side-stepping the issue.
It is not.