Results 201-220 of 629 for speaker:Séamus McGrath
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I apologise for rushing but the clock is against me. I want to turn to Dublin for a moment. We hear a lot of commentary about water supply and wastewater treatment in Dublin being on the brink. How bad is the situation in Dublin? How much more housing supply could Uisce Éireann cater for right now in Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I just want an approximate figure, to get a sense of where we are regarding the Dublin region.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: If there is a particularly dry spell, it will present a lot of difficulties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: So we are potentially never too far away from water restrictions, for example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: As regards wastewater, there may be a period of particularly heavy rain, for example. I know the systems are not entirely separate. We are not too far away from overcapacity there in terms of potentially having to release into the sea or whatever.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I have one more question to Uisce Éireann. I will probably have to come back to ESB Networks in the second round. As regards Uisce Éireann's engagement with various stakeholders, public representatives, local authorities, developers and so on, with respect, we hear a lot of criticism in terms of Uisce Éireann being a difficult organisation to engage with. Developers, for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Yes. The Deputy should give the officials a chance to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Okay Deputy, I just want to give a quick reply opportunity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Okay, we have to move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Deputy Butterly is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Not now, unfortunately. We are way over time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Going back to the Dublin position, Uisce Éireann witnesses mentioned interim measures and so on. That is all very welcome. What is the single biggest project for water in the Dublin region that needs to happen under the new capital plan? What is the estimated cost of that? What is the single biggest project for water and for wastewater? They are separate projects, obviously. What...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: What is the cost of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: If Uisce Éireann had funding certainty right now, how far away are we from delivery of either of those? I know that is an open question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: The headroom mentioned earlier was two to three years for the Dublin area. What bridges the gap? Is it all interim measures?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Are there enough of them there that can be tapped?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: In the opening statement, reference was made to offers made of up to 52,000 units, while 41,000 housing units were executed. What happened to the 10,000 that were not executed? Are they delayed projects or did people find other means of providing what was needed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: I understand. I am just concerned some of it would involve stalling of projects. I am not saying it is Uisce Éireann's fault but I am trying to get an understanding of the activity. How many developer-provided wastewater treatment plants are estimated to be in place across the country that have not been taken in charge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Housing Delivery, Service and Supply: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Séamus McGrath: Is there an estimated cost of bringing all those up to standard and taking them in charge?