'This could create an ecological catastrophe'
The Secretary of State has been blasted over policy that is said could turn the Northern Ireland coastline into ‘a cesspit’, despite his party suffering serious backlash over sewage pollution in England.
The policy, named “DfI 2023/24 Budget considerations – cessation of NI Water’s provision [of] the wastewater pumping and treatment service”, was initiated or written by Chris Heaton-Harris according to the paperwork. “This would breach discharge consents resulting in prosecutions against NI Water and the imposition of fines.
The Department for Infrastructure was ordered to make savings of around 24% - after Heaton-Harris gave them a £523.4m budget for 2023-24, despite needing £691m to “deliver essential public services”. “Any policy or legal decisions which result in further reduction of those standards is going to leave us in an extremely precarious position and bring us into the world where we’re in breach of multiple international standards of protection.
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