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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2021

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Questions (276)

Eoin Ó Broin

Question:

276. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 705 of 21 April 2021, the estimated cost of upgrading all developer provided water infrastructure in the 566 residential developments. [27735/21]

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On 21 September 2020, I announced allocations under the new multi-annual capital investment programme - the Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021 - for the progressive resolution of housing estates with developer provided water services infrastructure, to enable the taking in charge of these estates. This, the first funding cycle of a new multi-annual programme, runs to the end of 2021.

The focus of the first multi-annual programme is on estates in towns and villages where the resolution is to connect their water services to the public networks. The programme will also support a number of pilot projects where connection is not feasible in the immediate future. These pilot projects, together with a major study currently being undertaken by Irish Water, will inform future policy considerations on resolving sub-standard developer provided infrastructure with sustainable solutions.

The Irish Water study, which is scheduled to be completed at the end of this year, will also allow my Department to, working with Irish Water, determine detailed costings on site specific solutions which can then be used to develop an overall estimated cost to fully resolve estates with developer provided water services infrastructure.

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