Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate funding to Tipperary County Council to rectify the developer-provided infrastructure in estates and allow the council to proceed with the taking-in-charge process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/23]

Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of taking-in-charge applications that are held up nationally due to the existence of developer-provided infrastructure within estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8947/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 137 together.

I can confirm that funding of €68.5 million has been allocated, under the National Development Plan, for the period 2021-2025, to address legacy water services issues including the Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme (DPI) which is run by my Department.

The DPI programme is focused on housing estates which do not have their water services connected to the public (Uisce Éireann) network and are not in the charge of local authorities but rely instead on infrastructure provided by developers. The DPI programme provides funding for the progressive resolution of the issues involved.

Although it will take a number of funding programmes, my Department is committed to resolving DPI issues.

The taking in charge of residential estates is, under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, the responsibility of the planning authorities which are the City and County Councils.

My Department does not compile data on the numbers of housing estates nationally awaiting taking in charge including the small subset of estates with developer-provided infrastructure (DPI).