Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 April 2024
371. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update (details supplied) on the scheme targeting the wastewater collection and treatment needs of villages and settlements without access to public wastewater services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17830/24]
View answerMy Department continues to invest in water and waste water infrastructure to support the development of those rural villages that are not currently served by Uisce Éireann.
More than €243 million of funding, over the period 2021 to 2025, has been provided under the National Development Plan for non-Uisce Éireann investment in rural water infrastructure. This includes €175 million to support the Rural Water Programme and, of this, €50m has been committed specifically to address the requirements for villages and similar settlements without access to public waste water infrastructure.
My Department launched a funding measure for the provision of waste water collection and treatment needs for villages and settlements without access to public waste water services.
I recently approved funding for a number of demonstration projects under this measure, including for Ramsgrange village in County Wexford. Future approaches to villages without public waste water collection and treatment facilities in County Wexford and elsewhere will be informed by the progress on these demonstration projects.
