Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien and I met with SOS Dublin Bay last week to discuss some of these issues. We will get a response from Irish Water on that.

To reassure Deputy Stanton, the investment by this Government will be significant over its lifetime and that is reflected in the 2021 allocation and the €87 million that was invested in Irish Water through the July stimulus last year. The projected capital investment in 2021 is in the region of €900 million overall, and within that Irish Water will deliver €103 million of new connection infrastructure to facilitate housing and commercial development. This is €103 million of expenditure which is funded externally. The funding to be provided to Irish Water is vital to maintain its asset base and current levels of service to ensure compliance and growth and to deliver improvements in drinking water quality and capacity, to manage waste water and protect and enhance the environment, and to support growth and economic development for Ireland. It will deliver projects and programmes targeted at achieving Irish Water outcomes and outputs, including the removal of projects from the EPA remedial action list, and addressing agglomerations under the urban waste water treatment directive.

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