Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This morning the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, appeared before this committee in respect of new directives for An Bord Pleanála. We were discussing the strategic housing development, SHD, process. It was identified that a number of applications were failing the pre-planning process. We were trying to understand why they are failing. Is one of the reasons they are failing the lack of water supply? If we put that into context, is there an adequate supply to reach the targets of Rebuilding Ireland in future?

In respect of commercial water, local authorities are still managing the billing and collection processes. However, we still have approximately 30 different commercial water rates. When does the Minister see harmonisation to one commercial rate water charge happening?