€200M investment in water projects

摘要

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is provide a €200M (￡173M) loan to support improvements in Ireland's Water Services Investment Programme (WSIP). The investment will help deliver water mains, treatment facilities and reservoirs, as well as water conservation improvements. Minister for the Environment, Community & Local Government, Phil Hogan TD, said that the investment was "an indication of the Bank's confidence in the Irish State and our recovery programme and is a good signal for securing third party financing in the future."