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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the large number of days that the school remained closed in Castlerea Prison this year up to 31 August 2023; the steps taken to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54353/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Creidim go bhfuil an cruinniú seo thar a bheith tábhachtach. Tá go leor le plé. I will concentrate in the first part of my questioning on the provision of ordinary services to ordinary dwellers in rural Ireland. I will make a few general comments. First, we have a large number of rural areas with declining populations. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The specifics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it the full cost after 500 m?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is €9.10. No wonder I am not getting any complaints.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would like to tease this through in detail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the first 500 m or less covered by the €3,500 or do you pay per metre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is just €3,500. That is it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can Mr. Skeffington confirm that is €300 per metre in places like Connemara?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is where you have seen the big problems. Somebody is effectively putting in public infrastructure because, as I have said, there is only a charge for it when it is under a public road. If it is under a non-public road, an LIS road or a public road that has not been taken in charge, people are allowed put it in themselves at a much lower cost. Can Mr. Skeffington quickly calculate what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be 500 times €300.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is about €150,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is €150,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I think people will be getting an idea of the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry, but may I just ask one more question? My understanding is that it is taking 16 weeks for a pre-connection inquiry to Uisce Éireann for a one-off house. The excuse being given is that it might put pressure on the water supply. If the water supply is that tight, there is a problem before that one house is added. The increase in water use in a house where there is a new baby...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will just finish on this one and then cede-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will come back to those later. I will just finish this module because I think we are making good progress. From the CRU's point of view, could Uisce Éireann make a decision that, like ESB Networks, it would socialise half of the cost of putting this public infrastructure in the ground up to a certain distance, perhaps the 500 m that applies with ESB Networks? Furthermore, could it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If our friends in the CLÁR section of the Department of rural development were to step in with a grant of 50% to any new customer, would Ms MacEvilly have a legal difficulty with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not care what way the costs come down. I am only exploring all the possibilities. We will come back to this another day.