Results 521-540 of 1,041,970 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Máiría Cahill OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Helen McEntee OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Michael Moynihan)
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: But-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: In that, what is the lifetime of a polyethylene pipe that Uisce Éireann is using?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: So we have moved on significantly too. I am just trying to say-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: -----from a value-for-money perspective, every time something is under construction from an infrastructure perspective, we need to look at getting in as much as we can.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Okay. That is what I am talking about, essentially.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Before the Chair starts, I had one other question as to what the timeline was for a connection, from request to connection, on a domestic premises. Say self-builds or otherwise, or developers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: When they want it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Where is Uisce Éireann on that target?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Any questions around the costings need to be with the regulator then?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: On that, when we look at the €14 billion we have from Apple, that is the type of infrastructure requirement whereby you are saving a stitch in time, effectively, by doing that. I am not saying that, given Mr. Laffey's example, but if we have pipes that are now good for 70 years, it probably is the preparation that is required. Would Mr. Laffey be making that case and those types of...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Yes, but with Uisce Éireann's current funding.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Now that we have the Commissionership, that is even more important.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: No. On a serious note, I can see there are challenges.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: I suppose that is where the frustration of developers comes from because that level of inspection does take time. They probably do not give Uisce Éireann the requisite time that is needed and then delays ensue. We could all work better at that. I want to speak about a comment made on the reality of understanding that what Uisce Éireann is looking for is seven years away. In...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: My understanding, if I heard correctly earlier, is that Uisce Éireann has a €1 billion loan facility to the end of 2024 and it looks like it will be maxed out. Is that correct? What provision is in place for 2025? How will that operate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: The middle of next year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: It should be addressed in the budget and there will be no delays because of it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Uisce Éireann (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: I am sure. That is very good. I thank the witnesses.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: Per our discussion this morning, where might we be able to fit in the utilities regulator?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Sep 2024)
Verona Murphy: It is more important, absolutely. Is there anywhere we could fit the regulator in prior to what was there on 3 October?