James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My time is precious and it is very important that I ask final question, which is about the access of serviced land. My constituency, East Cork, has one of the most important strategic growth zones for housing in the country, the metropolitan area of Cork city. The Department is probably familiar with the number of strategic housing developments, SHDs, ongoing in that area. From talking to people on the ground who are involved in building, they cannot get grounds that are serviced, be it access to water supply or sewage treatment. Is that something the Department will look at, because it is holding up the development of, potentially, thousands of houses that could be built in areas that are already serviced by motorway-grade roads or dual train track lines? It is mind-boggling how Irish Water can get away with what it is getting away with. It is an omnishambles of an organisation and it is appalling that it does not have the level of focus it should have, in the context of holding up housing development in this country. What is the Department doing to speed up the level of development when it comes to serviced lands?