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

Seán Fleming: But if Uisce Éireann got its exemption, it would knock off, say, two or three months. Reference was made to what would occur if some planning exemptions were got.

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

Seán Fleming: From 10% capacity to 25%.

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

Seán Fleming: Are the witnesses working on that through their Department?

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

Seán Fleming: My last question is on existing villages that do not have a public water supply. Let us say there are 20 houses in a village. What is the delegates' answer for them? I think I got an answer from Irish Water in recent correspondence that stated households should set up a group water scheme.

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

Seán Fleming: They all have wells.

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

Seán Fleming: Yes, but they want a public supply.

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

Seán Fleming: Yes. What is Uisce Éireann's answer to that?

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

Seán Fleming: Which would be phenomenal.

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

Seán Fleming: So that is the situation for houses. Are there many group water schemes with connections?

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

Seán Fleming: The delegates said at one stage that they do not have a growth mandate. What does that mean?

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

Seán Fleming: Rather than the supply of water-----

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

Seán Fleming: Quality before quantity.

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

Seán Fleming: In other words, it is not that Uisce Éireann does not have the mandate but that it does not have the funds.

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

Seán Fleming: That is what is confusing. It was said that Uisce Éireann does not have a growth mandate, but then Mr. Gleeson said the €2 billion will help-----

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

Seán Fleming: Is it for the regulator or the EPA to decide?

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

Seán Fleming: If I picked things up right earlier, the documentation indicated that capital investment from 2020 to 2024 was about €5 billion, or about a billion euro per year. Ms O'Dwyer is now saying the investment from 2025 to 2029 will be €10 billion or €12 billion. Did she mention a figure of €40 billion for the period 2030 to 2050?

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

Seán Fleming: Over and above the €10 billion?

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

Seán Fleming: So it would be another €40 billion. If that means €40 billion over the next 20 years, it means only €2 billion per year.

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

Seán Fleming: Is there a ballpark figure for the water supply project for the eastern and midlands region?

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

Seán Fleming: By the time there is water-----