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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: There seems to be a problem with Mr. Ó Coigligh's connection. I invite Ms Walshe or Mr. Flynn to take over the opening statement, if possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, I can hear you, Mr. Flynn. Will you present the opening statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Flynn for stepping in. I do not know whether we have Mr. Ó Coigligh back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Yes, we have Mr. Ó Coigligh back on sound. I will move on to Irish Water, whose opening statement is approximately ten pages long. If Mr. Gleeson synopsised it a little and stuck to six minutes for his contribution, it would be helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Gleeson, but I need to move on to give members time to ask questions. Members have been circulated with the opening statements, have read them and, I am sure, will refer to them, and the witnesses will be able to take questions on those opening statements. I thank both Mr. Flynn and Mr. Gleeson for their opening statements. Mr. Gleeson has outlined the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Ms Attridge's microphone may be on mute but there is only 30 seconds left to answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: That concludes Deputy Gould's six minutes. I will give Ms Attridge a minute because a question on the auditing was put by Deputy Flaherty and Ms Attridge had technical problems. Does she wish to answer that question? There are 20 under audit and 800 to go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Gould, I am being strict on time. I will give Ms Attridge a minute to answer that one, if she wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Thank you. Senator Cummins has six minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry. I have to interrupt Mr. O'Donoghue there and move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I have to interrupt there. I think Deputy O'Donoghue is coming back in for the second round of Independent slots. We move on to the Green Party slot, which I will take. I have a general question for Mr. Gleeson. Regarding the arrangement with Irish Water and Ervia, and the service level agreements in place with local authorities, do the witnesses feel that their hands are tied in many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will move on to a question on asset management. Does Irish Water have standard maintenance plans for all its plants? If I took a plant operator from Limerick and put it in a plant in Wicklow, would it know the standard operating procedures and maintenance procedures that are required, or is it very much local knowledge and local plant operation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I might add one or two questions before Ms Attridge or Mr. O'Donoghue come in. In terms of alarm systems, Mr. Gleeson said Irish Water has a good relationship with the HSE and that the HSE will notify it. Illness and sickness should be the very last indicator of water quality, and there should be many layers above that, including alarms, critical alarms and procedures that fall into place...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Is there a graduated alarm? There may be an alarm that is non-critical and is an operational issue that needs to be addressed within 24 hours, 48 hours or whatever it might be, but are there critical alarms that say an incident needs instant action, right now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am going to put a question to Ms Gannon, although I do not think she will have time to answer it. This session came about from the previous discussion we had on planning, planning permission and infrastructural deficits on some sites. The Construction Industry Federation, CIF, indicated that the removal of water and wastewater services from the remit of local authorities in 2017, together...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Senator for sticking to the time. I call Deputy Cian O'Callaghan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: There are 30 seconds left in this slot. To follow up on Deputy O'Callaghan's questions on the alarm systems, are they monitored alarm systems? In other words, if the alarm system fails to function, does that in itself generate an alarm locally or remotely?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Stanton is going to take the second Fine Gael slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I am sorry. There is approximately one minute to answer that so we might get written responses to the Deputy on the three locations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion (23 Sep 2021)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh. I will move on now to Deputy Ó Broin.