At the June Meeting of Greystones Town Council, I raised my serious concern with the lack of Public Toilets at the Harbour.

It is appalling in this day and age that we have no public toilet in the harbour area in Greystones. The current toilets are not open this year because of health and safety concerns and represent an inexcusable eyesore. Wicklow County Council currently has no plans to rectify this situation due to financial constraints but I firmly believe that there must be provision of a public toilet at the harbour.

I had a motion passed proposing that Greystones Town Council make a submission to the current planning process for harbour amendments for the provision of a public toilet. I firmly believe that if the council is unable to provide one, the developer must do so. They have requested permission to increase the number of residential units in the harbour development and if this is approved we should at the very least benefit from the developer providing public toilets.

I also asked for this issue to be raised at the Harbour Liaison Committee directly with representatives from the developers and a solution sought as quickly as possible. This summer we will have no toilets available in the harbour for residents or visitors to the area and this cannot be tolerated.