Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Affordable housing and its delivery for working people are central to the Government’s response to the housing crisis. As a Government, we believe in homeownership. It is a just and honest aspiration and it is one that should be supported by the State. That is why the affordable housing Bill we published yesterday is so important. It is to deliver a suite of measures to people all over the country who heretofore found they had been left out of the housing market. These measures will work. I thank the Deputy for his support in that regard.

On the delivery of capital infrastructure, the Irish Water capital investment plan is crucial. I meet representatives of Irish Water regularly at management level to encourage them to expedite the delivery of projects. I am happy to work with Deputy O’Connor on the three towns in his constituency and to facilitate a meeting with Irish Water in that regard. The capital plan Irish Water has is ambitious. We have ground to make up regarding waste water infrastructure all across the country, not just along the western seaboard. This is acutely the case in certain areas.

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