Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion
2:00 am
Pat Casey (Fianna Fail)
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I have not got my head fully around the finance aspect of the housing market yet but I have a full understanding of planning and the other aspects.
On Mr. McDonagh’s experience of working through sites, we hear in the media a narrative about time-binding both the ESB and Irish Water in their decision-making processes. Is that a valid proposal, in Mr. McDonagh’s opinion? From my understanding, it can take up to a year to get a connection from Irish Water, even though one has gone through the pre-connection process. It is the same with the ESB. Is there logic to what is being said about time-binding the decision-making of these bodies?