Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Irish Water will not be up and running for a couple of years. I am concerned local authorities will stand back from completing projects. Is there any requirement for some small part of the funding to come from the local authority's own resources in addition to department money? If there is such a requirement, we can understand why local authorities will not want to do this. We need to see construction activity in some provincial towns that need sewerage upgrades and work on the water quality infrastructure and this would be the perfect stimulus package.