Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Niall Gleeson:

People have asked me this question a bit, but it is very hard to break it out. If we take the example of the Arklow wastewater treatment plant that we just delivered, that was a compliance project. We had to build it because of an EU directive. It also removed wastewater going into the Avoca river but, because we invested in that project, we also doubled the capacity of Arklow. Of the €140 million we spent there, I do not know how we would break down how much was for housing, how much was for compliance and how much was for the environment. This is the problem we have across the board. It is not as simple as saying this amount is for housing.