Cathal Byrne (Fine Gael)
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I am sure that when Mr. Taaffe thought that when Deputy Lawlor and I ceased being members of Wexford County Council, his days of answering our questions in these settings were over but here we go again.

I have just two general questions I would be interested in hearing the witnesses' thoughts on. First, the local infrastructure housing activation fund that was brought in previously is currently closed to applications. I would be interesting in hearing the witnesses' thoughts on whether they think that is something that should form part of the new Housing for All plan that will be published later this summer.

Second, a point was discussed a few times by other speakers earlier regarding wastewater treatment systems and development-provided infrastructure.

I have seen some of the infrastructure failures arising from Celtic tiger-provided infrastructure in County Wexford. I am conscious of the fact that if we are to rely on Irish Water, or individuals building one-off houses, there has to be a mechanism in between what Irish Water does and what one-off houses do, where there are developer-provided wastewater treatment systems. I am interested in how we find that middle ground that works for everybody so we do not have the blockages we currently have or the failures we had in the past.