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

Photo of Pat CaseyPat 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?