Former Labour Party leader Ruairí Quinn has criticised Dublin City Council over its failure to control foul odours from the Ringsend sewage treatment plant.
Part of the Wastewater Treatment Works at Ringsend, Dublin
The Dublin South East TD said residents of Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount were being forced to hold handkerchiefs to their faces to block the foul smell.
He said it was now more than two months since a consultants' report was delivered to the Council and nothing has been done. Mr Quinn called on the Dublin City Manager to publish the findings of the report and "to act on it immediately".
The €300 million plant processes sewage from 1.7 million homes in the Dublin area but has caused periodic odour problems since it opened in July 2003.
A spokeswoman for Dublin City Council told ireland.comthe report was still being considered by the various groups in the consortium that operates the Ringsend plant.
She said the council would not be commenting on the matter until the report had been studied by the groups.
The council said it planned to publish the report's findings when a full programme of works at the plant has been agreed.
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