Mr. Colin Byrne:

To supplement what Mr. O'Leary mentioned, we have a river basin plan which will be published in the middle of April and it sets out the collaborative approach that is being taken to protect drinking water sources. That involves collaboration between Irish Water, local authorities, the EPA and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, recognising that Irish Water's role does not extend beyond the boundaries of the treatment plant and that it is reliant on local authorities to enforce whatever relevant environmental legislation is in place if that is deemed to be a cause of the problem. Undoubtedly this proposal will bring the governance of drinking water source protection into more focus. While we have a good working arrangement in place for this river basin planning cycle up to 2021, I have no doubt that we will have to revisit this and look at the governance into the future.