Mr. Brian MacDonald:

There are approximately 200 schemes that have requested taking a charge. I think that is the key issue, and hopefully that will be progressed. There is a long lead-in period to it, getting all the ducks in a row. That is likely to begin, we hope, sooner rather than later, because many of the schemes are orphan schemes which are in a diabolical state with no committee of management. Sometimes they are connected to one another. There is a lot of work to do there, but the federation has been working closely with Irish Water and with other stakeholders, including the Department, to progress that as soon as possible.