Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to our engagement with Uisce Éireann, and I will be meeting with it. Given the scale of what is required in the country, we have to be a bit more innovative as well. It is not on that 132 houses cannot get built or are waiting for years for connection. I know there has been a resistance to the private sector developing some of these systems and I understand why, by the way, because in the past certain operators did not fully do the infrastructure properly and there were consequences. However, we are going to have to look at that question. The crisis is so severe that we just cannot do business as usual. The Nenaghs and the Ballycommons cannot wait around for years to get 130 houses built which are urgently needed. These are issues that I will be examining with the Cabinet subcommittee on infrastructure and with Irish Water.

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