No funding allocated to extend wastewater schemes in Leitrim

Councillors in Leitrim have expressed disappointment that no funding is available to extend the current public wastewater collection network to new houses.

The issue will hold up the construction of new houses right across the county.

Currently, if a house wants to be added to the current scheme, it could run up costs of up to €70,000.

Leitrim County Council have said they will write to the Department of Housing on the issue, but Councillor Enda Stenson, who brought the motion forward, says that response won't wash.