Plans to install public toilets in South Dublin at a cost of €3m have been described as 'ridiculous'.
A feasibility study is being carried out into the idea.
A motion to install 14 public toilets in the Southside was submitted at a council meeting in October.
It was agreed an amended feasibility study would be done on loos in certain suburbs.
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However, Fine Gael councillor David McManus says the facilities which are being proposed cost anything from €250,000 upwards per unit: "They must be gold plated to cost €3m for 14 public toilets.
"In my view the study should be flushed down the toilet."
But Independent councillor Eoin O Broin who put forward the proposal says the figure is being exaggerated: "I would assume the costs are in the region of 50, 60, 70 grand rather than the quarter of a million that's being quoted."
The majority of councillors have voted in favour of this feasibility study being carried out.
