Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yesterday I raised the question of the planning Bill, listed 86 on the Government legislation programme, in the context of a dilemma that exists whereby the Planning and Development Act 2000 states that local authorities, when taking estates in charge, must take all services in charge whereas the Act establishing Irish Water gives Irish Water responsibility for the water services. The result of the dilemma currently is that local authorities, such as that in County Kildare, are not taking estates in charge at all. Will that lacuna in the law be addressed via the planning Bill or will there be a protocol brought forward by Government as a matter of urgency to address the difficulty?

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