Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

The Deputy has never been lacking in ability to get attention but it is good to have him back in this House. I am glad he is back safe and well. I thank him for his kind words for our Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW and I am pleased to see the progress. I had the chance to speak to both Deputy Heneghan and Deputy Ó Muirí last night regarding some of the progress being made in Clontarf and we need to see a lot more of that.

On the private wires Bill, let me ask the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, to come back to the Deputy directly on a timeline. He briefed us at Cabinet on this very recently and it is pretty imminent. There is a lot of good progress being made on that. On the broader issues the Deputy has raised regarding Dublin Bay and the need for information, I will ask the Minister and Irish Water to take a look at that and come back to him directly.

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