Results 301-320 of 510 for speaker:Joe Neville

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: In my example, I have seen pipes burst. In much of our area, we have 80-year-old pipes from the late 1940s into the 1950s. They are asbestos pipes that are causing us significant issues. I know cast iron pipes were referenced, but we see specific issues with asbestos. Are there any risks associated with those pipes or are there any specific areas where they need to be replaced?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Is the capital plan three years or five years?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: A five-year plan. The Cathaoirleach spoke about how there had been confusion nationally about the capital expenditure requirement from Uisce Éireann. Money is said to have been put forward and then it is said that was already allowed for, and the question is if it is extra. To clarify, it was €10 billion that was required.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: For the next five years.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Is €2.2 billion being put forward for 2025?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Yes.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Uisce Éireann is going to need an extra 20%.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Exactly, but is Uisce Éireann also getting €2 billion at the moment? What is the current run rate of that €10 billion?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: €1.5 billion.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Has a number for next year been indicated to Uisce Éireann?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Let us take a project like the Maynooth transfer pipeline. Is that a next tier down? How are capital projects ranked in a scale? Is there one significant one or is there a bucket of projects of various sizes? How is that ranked?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: I do not want to lose Ms O'Dwyer because she has just made a point. How does Uisce Éireann decide between service and capital expenditure? Capital expenditure is obviously about building new and replacing old. How has the €10 billion been split? Let us say it will be €11 billion if Uisce Éireann gets its Housing for All increase.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: I do not want to take up too much time and will let the others in, but if we get another chance, we might go round again.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: It is a bit like I described. It is going along and it needs to be done. How much of that €10 billion is for items like that versus the new greenfield houses?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: In all fairness, I asked the question before and there was a lot coming at us there.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have some questions about some high-level matters and then some more that are more local in nature. There is a theme, and this may go back to the article in The Irish Times. Does Uisce Éireann have confidence in the planning and courts systems in the context of how it feels it will be able to deliver these projects? Ultimately, it is with these...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Is it that it is working okay for the local authorities but that it gets bogged down with An Bord Pleanála and the courts?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: That is the point I am getting at. Is there a problem with An Bord Pleanála and the courts? That is where I have often seen problems.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: Many more people are taking them now than was-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Uisce Éireann: Future Work Programme (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: That is the problem. That will pose a risk if it continues to grow exponentially across all development. That goes for developers or anyone trying to do anything. People are seeking judicial reviews. That is what I was wondering about. I have some local issues. Deputy Brophy asked me to raise an issue relating to Dargle Wood estate in Knocklyon - this sounds very much like some of...