Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I sincerely thank the Minister of State for the detailed reply. It is really helpful and appreciated. He can see himself that when we see a list, it is felt individually but when looked at collectively, it is something of a structural issue. That is point I am trying to raise today. The overall demand, when the population increases to such a degree, means we will see infrastructure start to creak overall. I really appreciate that comprehensive reply and I am struck by recent comments from the chair of Irish Water, who raised concerns about extraordinary complacency and passive indifference in terms of Irish Water infrastructure in recent years. However, this is positive. Unfortunately, it took significant disruption in order for us to get to this amount of investment and I raise it in the context of expected housing growth in a county like Kildare. It is understandably a favoured place to live. There are wonderful communities that just want some of those basics to be right. The Minister of State will hear more from me, and I appreciate the dialogue. It is good to be getting on with these important issues, so I look forward to engaging with him and his Department further as we go on.

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