Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Housing Provision for Older People: Discussion

Ms Caroline Timmons:

On infrastructure, the point about Irish Water came through in some of the consultation we did for Housing for All last year and Irish Water is included as a partner in developing housing for the future. It is a key partner for infrastructure, along with electricity and so on. We included Irish Water in our overall structures. Under the Housing for All governance structure Irish Water comes in to report regularly to the public sector delivery group. It is making further provision for housing, it is prioritising it in every way possible and we are adequately funding it do so. I take the Deputy's point that infrastructure is a serious difficulty and the Department's ambition is to bring forward supply as quickly as possible. That is one of the key areas we need to tackle. We have heard the message and we have delivered it firmly to Irish Water, which is collaborating with us to try to make a change. Perhaps it is not yet-----

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