{"id":12346,"date":"2025-05-06T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=12346"},"modified":"2025-05-06T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T13:55:55","slug":"government-must-clarify-who-is-telling-the-truth-about-e1bn-funding-for-uisce-eireann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-must-clarify-who-is-telling-the-truth-about-e1bn-funding-for-uisce-eireann\/","title":{"rendered":"Government must clarify who is telling the truth about \u20ac1bn funding for Uisce \u00c9ireann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government must clarify who is telling the truth about \u20ac1bn in funding \u2013 it or Uisce \u00c9ireann, according to Social Democrats acting leader Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, the party\u2019s Finance spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year, then Finance Minister Jack Chamber and then Housing Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien both claimed that the sale of AIB shares had led to an additional \u20ac1bn in funding for Uisce \u00c9ireann.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, Uisce \u00c9ireann has denied this is the case and has revealed that this funding was part of its existing capital investment plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government has already misled the public on their commitment to deliver 40,000 homes; it misled the public when it claimed it met its affordable housing targets last year; and now it seems to have misled the public again on funding for Uisce \u00c9ireann.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government has been more focused on trying to appoint a housing tsar on a salary of \u20ac430,000 than doing anything constructive to actually deliver more homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt beggars belief that, at a time when the coffers are overflowing, and in the midst of a worsening housing catastrophe, it can\u2019t even manage to provide additional finance for critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government is more concerned with spinning than delivery and this latest revelation is further evidence that it cannot be trusted to address the housing disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now time for the government to clarify who is telling the truth \u2013 Uisce \u00c9ireann or its own ministers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>May 6, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government must clarify who is telling the truth about \u20ac1bn in funding \u2013 it or Uisce \u00c9ireann, according to Social Democrats acting leader Cian O\u2019Callaghan. 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