Results 241-260 of 510 for speaker:Joe Neville

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (29 May 2025)

Joe Neville: 256. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to mark Ireland’s 70 years of UN membership later this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27429/25]

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (28 May 2025)

Joe Neville: I thank everyone for their support. I look forward to working with all of them and on their behalf. I thank the members who put my name forward, Deputy Clendennen and Senator Byrne. This is an important committee. Ultimately, we will be working on the future of the State. Infrastructure will be a key topic and the party members belong to is irrelevant to what we are doing here. I look...

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

Joe Neville: I am a newly-elected TD for Kildare North. Some of the issues I will raise will come back to north Kildare because that is my lived experience. I served on the council there as well. I have quite a lot of experience. There are some local issues that are also national issues. I do not want to criticise but at the same time I want to hold Uisce Éireann to account. That is ultimately...

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

Joe Neville: On wastewater, we have had an odour issue in Leixlip village because of the lack of capital infrastructure investment. A whole community is left with the same issue that has been there since I was a child. There is an environmental impact that has not been resolved because of a lack of investment in the local area. As a representative, I want to highlight those issues, but I am sure such...

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

Joe Neville: Exactly.

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

Joe Neville: There are 2,500 direct employees. What is the overall salary cost?

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

Joe Neville: I thought I might just ask about it. We can move on if Mr. Gleeson does not have the figures.

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

Joe Neville: Will the local authority people coming across change that number?

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

Joe Neville: The link between capital expenditure and maintenance is real, as maintenance places are ultimately from a capital perspective.

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?