'Significant progress' made in relation to Taking In Charge process of Kildare estate

The update was released at a recent Kildare County Council meeting

By Ciarán Mather Published 19th Oct 2026, 15:00 GMT 'Significant progress' made in relation to Taking In Charge process of this Kildare estate | FILE PHOTOGRAPH / PIXABAY The update was released at a recent Kildare County Council meeting 'Significant progress’ has been made in relation to the Taking In Charge (TIC) process of one County Kildare estate.

Kildare County Council (KCC) made the comments at the latest Athy Municipal District meeting, which took place on Monday, October 12 last.

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Near the end of this meeting, Labour Party Cllr Aoife Breslin asked KCC to provide an update on the TIC process for Branswood in Athy.

TIC refers to the formal legal process by which responsibility for certain public areas, structures and services in a private residential development or estate are transferred to, or put in the charge of, a local authority — in this case, KCC.

Cllr Aoife Breslin (Labour Party) | PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT: KILDARECOCO.IE In response, KCC told Cllr Breslin via the report it presented at the meeting: “Significant progress has been made in relation to the TIC of Branswood; however, outstanding issues associated with the on-site Wastewater Pumping Station (WWPS) required remediation before the process could be progressed further.

“Works to decommission the existing WWPS and construct a new pumping station are currently underway and are expected to be completed in the coming weeks.”

KCC also asserted to Cllr Breslin that it is continuing to liaise with Uisce Éireann ‘in relation to the TIC of the water and wastewater infrastructure, including the new WWPS, with a view to facilitating the TIC of the overall estate’.

“Separately, a survey of the estate will be undertaken in the coming weeks to identify any remaining surface defects requiring remedial works,” KCC added.

Following this, Cllr Breslin said that she wanted to thank KCC for ‘tending to the area’, also told KCC that she ‘knows this isn’t an easy task’.

However, she also claimed that, at some points of the development process, ‘the contractor’s attitude hasn’t been the best’.