I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 1143 together.
Findings and recommendations on the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative, which my Department launched in April 2016 to trial new approaches and working methods in supporting and accelerating overall national and local action on the taking-in-charge process of housing estates (including estates with developer-provided water services infrastructure), were included in a report that my Department published on 17 December 2018. The report is available on my Department's website at the following link -
https://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/national_taking_in_charge_initiative_report_dec2018.pdf.
The publication of the report is of value in applying the lessons from the trial initiative in a more general roll-out of a streamlined approach to taking-in-charge, including through coordination with capital works by Irish Water. In this regard, the National Development Plan includes provision of €31 million for the period 2018-2021 for taking-in-charge of developer-provided infrastructure, demonstrating the Government's commitment to transition from the pilot phase to a programme phase.
My Department is finalising plans for the introduction of this programme phase for taking in charge of developer-provided infrastructure and an announcement will be made in this regard shortly.