Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 June 2022
41. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application for funding submitted by Kilkenny County Council under the developer provided water services infrastructure scheme relative to Brookfield Estate, Ballyhale, Kilkenny, will be expedited and approved given that the application was made in 2021. [33027/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department funds the Multi-annual Developer Provided Infrastructure Resolution Programme for the progressive resolution by local authorities of housing estates with this legacy water services infrastructure to enable the taking in charge of these estates.
The programme is focused on housing estates which are not taken in charge by local authorities and do not have their water services connected to the public (Irish Water) network, but rely instead on infrastructure, often temporary in nature, which was provided by developers. The focus of the first tranche of funding was on estates in towns and villages where the resolution is to connect their water services to the public network.
I have announced project approvals and funding allocations across 10 local authorities for a first tranche of funding under the programme. These projects are underway. The announcement also included a request to local authorities to submit further projects that could be resolved by connection to the public network. The project named in the question was one of these. I expect to be in a position to make a further announcement on approvals and allocations for funding shortly.
