Mr. Niall Conroy:

When we looked at how Ireland's infrastructure compares to many other countries in Europe, we found that for water Ireland is about average. We were surprised at this given the experience that many people have. Part of the problem is that Ireland is a very heavy user of water. It has industries such as pharmaceuticals, data centres and tech companies which are very heavy users of water. This is part of why we are struggling to keep up.

More specifically, Uisce Éireann has stated it does not believe it will be able to support much more than 35,000 new housing completions per year due to connecting them up. It is looking for a higher level of funding to be able to support its work to enable this. Uisce Éireann and ESB Networks represent the two most important pieces of infrastructure to enable higher levels of housing completions.