Urgent need for Irish Water to expedite Dublin Bay water quality works – Carroll MacNeill
14th April 2021 - Cliona Doyle
Irish Water must accelerate works at Shanganagh and Ringsend wastewater treatment plants to tackle the water quality crisis in Dublin Bay, a Fine Gael TD has said.
Deputy Carroll MacNeill said: “Irish Water recently informed me that the ongoing works in the Shanganagh Catchment Drainage Area Plan Programme (DAP) and West Pier/ Ringsend Catchment DAP will not be completed until 2023 and 2024 respectively. So that’s before the necessary works really begin in earnest.
“Given the extent of the water quality problem in Dublin Bay and the potential risk it poses to public health, I am calling on Irish Water to expedite these works to reflect the severity of the issue at hand here.