Wastewater Treatment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Ceisteanna (513)

Frankie Feighan

Ceist:

513. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in a housing development with developer-provided infrastructure for wastewater treatment plants that cannot be connected to a public mains in order that Uisce Éireann can take these over, if there are plans for this to be addressed by his Department to alleviate the burden that is been placed on residents of the estates that have this infrastructure or if there is any funding available for same apart from the multi-annual programme. [40137/23]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I can confirm that funding of €68.5 million has been allocated, under the National Development Plan, for the period 2021-2025, to address legacy water services issues. My Departments’ Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme (DPI) is focused on housing estates which do not have their water services connected to the public network and are not in the charge of local authorities but rely instead on infrastructure provided by developers.

The aim of the DPI programme is to provide funding for solutions that progressively resolve the issues in the estates involved. To date, the funding provided has been to estates where the resolution is to connect their water services to the public networks. A study completed by Uisce Éireann in 2022, will inform and assist in developing solutions for estates that, due to distance, it is not viable to connect them to the public network.

My Department is committed to resolving DPI issues, however it will take a number of funding programmes.

Question No. 514 answered with Question No. 436.