Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
The Role of Engineering in Delivering High-Quality Infrastructure: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Tim Murnane:
Yes, absolutely. Looking at the development plans and so on, we do our due diligence to see whether the services are in the area. That would generally be done when the developer is looking to purchase a site, for example. We would just say that, unfortunately, there was not capacity in the wastewater treatment facility there and we would try to get a programme from Uisce Éireann saying when that was likely to be delivered. Then, the developer would apply a risk factor and ask whether it would have to add one year or five years to the schedule and what the likelihood of the programme being funded was. That directly impacts the delivery of those housing schemes.
No comments