Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

My other question is about infrastructure in County Limerick. The council has built fantastic houses in Kilmallock. Houses are being built in Hospital, but it is at maximum capacity and has five units that could not be connected to the sewers. During the week, we were in Foynes to welcome the programme to develop Shannon Foynes Port between now and 2041. The biggest problem is with housing for those developing the infrastructure at Foynes. Money needs to be spent so that we can house the people who will carry out the projects and to future-proof this. Is infrastructure in County Limerick a significant problem? Every town I go to is at maximum capacity. We want to deliver housing to the counties, to get people into towns and villages to make them more sustainable, and then put a transport system in place. We can come up with proper figures for transport needs for each individual when extra people are in the town. Is infrastructure a significant issue? Croom, Adare and Kilmallock are okay, but beyond there, everything seems to be on the back foot. Dromcolliher has been waiting for 25 years for an update to its sewerage system. Is infrastructure in the county an obstacle to providing houses?