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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: What about the treatment plants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the delegates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I am sorry, Deputy, but Senator Murphy is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Joe Cooney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I call Deputy Conor D. McGuinness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: We will not mention water charges. Before we finish up, I will mention a positive. I ask Uisce Éireann to keep in mind that we have had a significant problem in the south Longford and Ballymahon area on a specific length of line that has burst more than 25 times in recent months. The pipe is servicing several towns and rural areas and is close to the Center Parcs site. Only in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: As I said, it is causing significant issues for hundreds of residents in the area and in several towns.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I am aware of that and I am delighted a contractor will be there. I think quarter 3 was the commitment we were given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: The Minister and the Minister of State are very welcome. I was listening in online and I welcome comments by the Minister pertaining to theatre and drama groups and looking at providing funding for community centres that host so many events throughout the country. We have seen groups out fund-raising to put on shows. A huge amount of time has been put in by the people who are working in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I thank the Minister. With regard to the Arts Council I support the views that the Minister has taken. I do not believe we could have reappointed the director, notwithstanding the fantastic work that Ms Kennelly did. In the circumstances we had to have thorough review before we could reappoint somebody for five years. I just wanted to say that I fully support the view the Minister took on...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I apologise for being late but I logged in for the opening statement. I welcome the Minister of State. I have a few specific points. The Minister of State mentioned in her opening statement that we will have the national disability strategy in the near future. Could she be more definitive on when it will be published? The Minister of State and I met only recently on the autism...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I would like to see a commitment to implementing the strategy. The timeline for the national disability strategy legislation the Minister of State is talking about could stretch beyond February but the autism innovation strategy and its recommendations for various Departments will fall at the end of February, so we need to have legislation in place prior to that. Several members of the...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: So fully committed funding is in place for those two one-stop shops. Is there a commitment going into the HSE budget for 2026 for the other regional one-stop shops that we have committed to in the programme for Government?

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: Once there is a commitment in place to fund them-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I will add on time. The question the Deputy has asked - Uisce Éireann said it foresees it for developers and self-builds - is whether it sees a possibility for the same thing to be put in place for a rural dwelling. The same pipeline could be delivered at a far cheaper price if it were done by them through a local contractor than if it were done by Irish Water. Does Irish Water see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Carrigy: I just ask that this would happen for the residents. I thank Ms Attridge. That concludes our consideration. I thank the representatives from Uisce Éireann and ESB Networks for coming in and answering the considerable number of questions posed by the members. We appreciate them giving us their time. As I said at the beginning of the meeting, I ask them to pass on our thanks to the...