Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is okay too. I am not saying that there cannot be future housing development on that site and as part of a planning permission for that site that cannot involve social and affordable housing. They are genuinely different points.

Deputy Murphy raised the apartment and duplex defects scheme. I need to get him a note on that because I do not have the information to hand. My understanding is there was a meeting between the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, and the LGMA in recent weeks on the issue of interim funding and what can be done with the applications that are in. I do not have access to the information here but I will come back to the Deputy in writing.

Deputy Cairns is right. I can tell her that if one has meetings and engagements with Irish Water, and she points out she has had many of them, there is a need to look at the capital funding available to Irish Water. There is a number of significant pinch points in terms of basic infrastructure in Ireland, particularly around water, energy and housing. The Government will have a number of opportunities to see if we can do more on that in and around the budgetary process. I am happy to consider what more can be done to help Irish Water advance capital projects.

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