Bord na Móna hopeful of lead role in Government water supply plans

BORD na Móna is hopeful of being granted “lead partner” status in the Government’s plan to establish a more focused utility body around water supply, as set out in both the Programme for Government and the EU/IMF agreement.

An advisory report on the issue — jointly carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and law firm, McCann FitzGerald — is due to be delivered to the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government in September.

Bord na Móna — which published its latest annual results yesterday — has expressed its “willingness and desire to take on the role of Irish Water”, but added that it could play a major role in the Irish water sector on any partner level, even if not selected as the main utility.