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

I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this matter. The provision of homes is dependent on us having the requisite services in place. I have worked directly with Irish Water on that. For the first time, we have published a capacity register that covers every town, village and city across the country, so we can clearly see the capacity in each area. We have a €6 billion capital plan between now and 2026 for Irish Water to deliver the water infrastructure that we require. The Government has, through the Housing for All plan, asked utilities to focus on ensuring we are able to raise the housing targets that we have set. That is crucially important. That is regularly reiterated to them. We work with our partners in the utilities to ensure that is done. We have seen some improvements on the water side over the last months.

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