Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The reply, on page 18, has a piece on housing estates where the developer provided infrastructure for water and wastewater and the difficulties in getting those taken in charge. It is disappointing because it seems to go around in circles. Irish Water says it will not take them in charge and it seems to fall back on the local authority. The only thing is that it does bring clarity to the situation. The one I have referred to is The Limekiln in Clogh, County Laois. It brings clarity to the situation in that it puts it on the local authority to bring them in charge where it is developer-provided infrastructure. There is a fund over recent years to assist local authorities to bring water services up to a certain standard and for Irish Water to take them in charge where they are connected to the public sewer and the public water system. The stand-alone ones have been a problem. While it is disappointing it has not moved further, the clarity in this means it is back to the drawing board and back to the local authorities, who are going to have to do this.