Ciarán Cannon (Galway East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Alongside the excellent work being done in the delivery of housing supply, there is significant potential for additional supply in our rural towns and villages. In recognition of that, in April of last year the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, announced a special funding opportunity for our rural towns and villages, namely, €15 million for wastewater treatment plants to allow them to develop to their full potential. A year and a half later, there has been no further announcement on that funding. My local authority submitted two villages for consideration, Craughwell and Clarinbridge, both of which could offer people a wonderful opportunity and a very attractive place to live in close proximity to Galway city. However, both of those villages and, indeed, all of the villages that have similar potential across County Galway have their development potential suppressed right now because they do not have the resources to develop those wastewater facilities. Could the Taoiseach inquire as to where that report is, along with findings of the review into how exactly we can develop those villages and give them the resources they need?

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