Donegal town sewage disposal
The proposed scheme would discharge effluent through a sea outfall, which the Minister said available information indicated would not require further treatment. Contract documents were under consideration, prompting exchanges about their timing and the pace of Departmental action.
asked the Minister for the Environment when he will sanction money for a new sewerage treatment plant for Donegal town, County Donegal.
Comment on this
The proposals submitted to my Department by Donegal County Council for the disposal of the Donegal town sewage provide for its discharge from a tidal holding tank through a sea outfall with diffuser to estuarial waters after communication. I am advised that the volume of water in the estuary is adequate to dilute the effluent to acceptable levels and that on the basis of information currently available the provision of further treatment is not warranted. Contract documents for this scheme are under consideration in my Department, and I am not as yet in a position to say when a decision thereon can be conveyed to the local authority. The question of the sanction of money will not arise until the scheme has been fully approved.
Comment on this
The contract documents for stage 1 of the scheme were approved in 1974 and in 1978 Donegal County Council submitted proposals for stage 1.
Comment on this
The Minister has the documents for three years in his Department and has not done anything about them.
Comment on this
No such thing but, as I said yesterday, it takes a lot to make up for the neglect of the years the Coalition were in office.
