Local Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has welcomed over €1.9 million in funding for Cavan and Monaghan water projects under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme.
Cavan water schemes are set to receive €1,280,593, while Monaghan projects are due to benefit from an investment of €685,471.
It brings the total for the two counties to over €1,9M. This comes as the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O'Brien TD, has announced funding approval for more than 250 individual projects across the country under a new cycle of the water programme, providing capital investment to improve water services in rural areas.
This cycle of the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme is to run to 2026. Earlier this year, the local authorities were invited to work with group water schemes and their representative body, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, to submit applications for funding for individual capital projects.
The funding being provided and the completion of these projects will enable Group Water Schemes to continue to improve the quality, quantity and reliability of the water services in rural areas.
