Brian Stanley (Laois, Independent)

I thank Mr. Whelan. This question is for Mr. Coleman. On the servicing of land, there is a problem getting finished estates connected to Irish Water. There is also a problem in the ESB because it got rid of a lot of its workers and brought in contractors over the past ten to 15 years. It has now discovered it cannot get the contractors to do the work. At one stage, if you wanted to get an ESB connection for a number of houses or one house, you were guaranteed to get it within two or three weeks in the part of the country I live in. I am aware of that. I have first-hand experience of it. It came very quick when it had direct labour. It could do it cheaper. Are the connections with the ESB and Irish Water proving to be a problem? Is it slowing up development?