Uisce Éireann Strategic Funding Plan 2025 - 2029

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage approved the Uisce Éireann Strategic Funding Plan, on 05 November 2024, in line with section 34A of the Water Services (No.2) Act 2013 (as inserted by section 19 of the Water Services Act 2017). This has been communicated to Uisce Éireann and the plan has been furnished to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The Plan will be subject to economic regulatory review by the CRU as part of its fourth regulatory control (RC4) period 2025-2029. The future Exchequer funding allocations implied by the forecasts set out in the Plan reflect the upper ceiling, with final funding allocations to be confirmed based on the outcome of the CRU revenue control process for 2025-29, and as part of the annual Exchequer budgetary process.

The Uisce Éireann Strategic Funding Plan sets out Uisce Éireann's multi-annual strategic funding requirement of €16.9bn to 2029, comprised of a €10.3bn investment in infrastructure and assets and €6.6bn in operating costs. This funding requirement will be met through a combination of non-domestic revenue, excess usage charges, government subvention, non-domestic funding and capital contributions.

The Plan sets out the capital and operational costs expected to be incurred by Uisce Éireann over a multiannual period and how these costs fall to be recovered and will ensure a shared understanding between Government and Uisce Éireann of the broad financial parameters and investment priorities.