Mr. John Tierney:

Deputy Flanagan asked a number of questions about the current system and the current state of the infrastructure. The primary reason for setting up Irish Water was to take the system from where it is and use the utility model to bring about change in the system so that issues regarding the quality of water that the Deputy mentioned in areas of Roscommon are dealt with, building on some of the decisions that have already been taken regarding projects to be done down there. I will ask Mr. Grant to outline in detail our approach to that.