Sinn Féin’s Infrastructure Committee member, Cathal Boylan MLA, has welcomed the Minister’s commitment to improving better water and wastewater infrastructure in the north.

Infrastructure Minister, Liz Kimmins, told the Assembly on Tuesday that funding, innovative thinking and working in partnership hold the key to delivering a better water and wastewater infrastructure to meet the needs of our growing population.

Mr Boylan said: “The need to modernise our ageing wastewater system needs to be a top priority and I welcome the Minister’s commitment to this.

“Austerity and underfunding by the British Government have created significant challenges to upgrade wastewater infrastructure.

As part of their £500 million allocation, NI Water recently received an additional £19.5 million to unlock wastewater capacity enabling 2,300 new homes to be built and connected in Antrim, Derry and Tyrone.

“Funding like this, alongside innovative thinking and collaboration, is needed to modernise our wastewater infrastructure,” concluded the Newry and Armagh MLA.