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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...

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

Joe Neville: Is there not a 16-week deadline?

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

Joe Neville: Even on the other side, there are delays in connections. This is so important.

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

Joe Neville: I thank the delegates for their time and the Chair for his forbearance. Wearing the hat of a former councillor, it has been nice to ask questions to the CEO and senior management team. It has been good but also important for me, as a TD, to ask the questions. As the other members will state, we are asking the questions on behalf of the people we represent, who ultimately comprise the taxpayer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: I note that the Minister, Deputy Chambers, who is responsible for infrastructure, is beside the Taoiseach. The issue I raise today is the need for a second bridge in Celbridge. Celbridge, a town very close to where I live, has required a second bridge for decades. The population was 1,500 when the current infrastructure was put in place. It now has a population of 23,000. When I was a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (10 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has engaged with the Department for Energy to seek a solution to the increase of energy costs in Ireland; and if there is potential for a CAP for businesses who are now struggling to keep up with its growing bills. [20750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (10 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will approve works that Kildare County Council are looking to complete in relation to an accessibility issue at Cope Bridge in Leixlip down by the waterways to install a functioning path; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30390/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 845. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department has put in place to make sure that the Housing Agency has enough resources in 2026 through the budgetary process in order that it can commence regulating the owners' management companies sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (10 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 1045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will appoint additional district court judges in north Kildare as currently there are people within the Family Court system that are on long waitlists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to follow through in the Programme for Government’s plan to ensure, through the NDP process, that adequate funding is available for new school places in areas of demographic growth and new special education provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28258/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in improving pay levels for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Pensions (12 Jun 2025)

Joe Neville: 74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to date in improving pension levels for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30992/25]