Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I am a newly-elected TD for Kildare North. Some of the issues I will raise will come back to north Kildare because that is my lived experience. I served on the council there as well. I have quite a lot of experience. There are some local issues that are also national issues. I do not want to criticise but at the same time I want to hold Uisce Éireann to account. That is ultimately our job and I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting and answering the questions. It is not always the most ideal situation for everyone. The one thing we cannot live without is water, but unfortunately a lot of people in the Leixlip area are being asked to live without water on a regular basis. There are ongoing bursts in pipes between Leixlip and Maynooth. The water levels are very low in Celbridge. The water is not coming out of taps on a regular basis. We had water outages previously. There are specific plans for the likes of the Hazelhatch works in the capital plan. At the same time, I also know that were no plans for the Leixlip-Maynooth pipeline outside Intel, which is bursting regularly. There are no plans for that to be in a capital programme. How does an item get on a capital programme and another not?