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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?

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

Séamus McGrath: This may be more a question for EirGrid but I will put it to ESB Networks. Uisce Éireann indicated it has headroom in the Dublin region of two to three years. What would ESB Networks estimate is its capacity for additional housing supply? How much headroom has it, based on current generation?

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

Séamus McGrath: I will ask Uisce Éireann about housing units that are completed but not connected because of capacity issues. I am aware of a couple in my own county. How big does Uisce Éireann estimate the scale of that problem is nationwide? These are units that have been constructed but cannot be occupied because of capacity issues in water infrastructure.

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

Séamus McGrath: That would be great, if Mr. Gleeson does not mind. I was given a few examples in my county in recent days on foot of the witnesses coming here. It would be great if that information could be given to me. Obviously, these properties should be a priority within the organisation if they are constructed but not occupied simply because the water infrastructure does not allow for that to happen....

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

Séamus McGrath: Yes. Yet it is possible for it to be said that €2 billion extra is required for the extra housing.

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

Séamus McGrath: It is purely delivery.

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

Séamus McGrath: I know the Chair is going to give me 30 seconds, so I will just make a point about water outages. We have a number of old water mains in my electoral area. Not to end on a negative note, but there has been criticism in terms of there being, for example, a break in a pipe on a Saturday afternoon and then it being Monday before a crew starts working on the replacement or repair of that mains....

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

Séamus McGrath: I am over my time. I thank the witnesses.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase properties completed nationally in 2023 and 2024; his plans for 2025 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35782/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (1 Jul 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and streamline the process for engagement with the payroll section in her Department in cases in which a teacher reduces their work hours and substitutes for part of their working week to care for their child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Jul 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the maximum house value limits for the first home scheme for Cork; if the city values to the metropolitan area of County Cork will be extended and particularly the city Dáil constituencies in order that the one set of qualifying criteria applies. [35939/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration is being given to including long-Covid for social welfare benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36005/25]