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NI Water funding model fit for purpose, says minister

“It all depends on how you add them [the housing figures] up, or what formula you use,” O’Dowd said.

The minister highlighted the budgetary pressures of his department, which he explained faces “significant challenges”.

He added: “4,500 homes could have been connected during this price period, and there is the potential for 18,500 to be connected if developer contributions are included”.

O’Dowd would not be drawn on questions of specific new build developments which are yet to be connected to the waste water system, and said: “You’ve clearly done a lot of research which you could have shared with me beforehand, you chose not to.”

“You need to look at the planning conditions that were on those developments before they commenced,” he added.


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