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Dail Éireann — 2023-05-04
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Malcolm Noonan (GP), Carlow-Kilkenny

A small number of housing estates nationally rely on developer-provided water services infrastructure, commonly referred to as DPI, for their water services. The infrastructure concerned mainly consists of wastewater treatment facilities, with a small number providing drinking water services for the estate. The majority of estates with DPI are legacy issues from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. The infrastructure was generally provided by the developer of the estate and is not connected to the public water network of Uisce Éireann. It is important to say that DPI are privately owned, with many coming to the end of their useful life.
The Department provides funding to progressively resolve these legacy issues through the multi-annual developer-provided water services infrastructure resolution programme. The purpose of the programme is to progressively resolve the DPI in estates such as Gleann Alainn, Cluain na Croise, Cul na Greine and Lissagroom Meadows in Crossbarry. It is worth noting that the type of estates involved are not all the same and that there are different solutions required to resolve the DPI issues involved.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-04