Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation and information. Irish Water inherited the assets and liabilities of local authorities, including water and sewerage infrastructure, on 1 January. With regard to projects under the current water services investment programmes approved by local authorities and the Department, in respect of which the Department has committed to making progress and to making funding available, can Mr. Tierney confirm they will be completed and continue to be prioritised as they were prioritised by the Department? How do they feature in Irish Water's capital development programme, the two year programme that the agency is undertaking? How will new projects be selected? To what extent do local authority members set the priorities?