Water Supply
Seanad Éireann — 2025-07-01
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Joanne Collins (SF), Agricultural Panel

I thank the Minister of State for outlining all that. He can remove the seven four-bedroom homes from his list because that is the development I am speaking about. Those are seven affordable and social homes that will not be in Newcastle West.
What the Minister of State outlined is great and it is great that the Government is trying to make a dent in housing but, like he said, 2031 is the year stated for the Newcastle West treatment plant. It is now 2025, so it will be six years before another development can be hooked up to water.
Last week, I heard somebody mention the Apple money and how some of that will be put into Irish Water. Will it be like the national development plan where 50% of that money stays in Dublin and 50% goes to the rest of the country? I ask because Newcastle West needs to be up on the list because it is the only tier 2 town in County Limerick. Also, County Limerick is the third largest county in the country, yet we do not seem to get the fair share of the pot that goes around.

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Sitting date: 2025-07-01