Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The infringement case is important and we are in the middle of that at the moment. Significant capital funding will be invested in our wastewater treatment facilities between now and 2021. I do not have the breakdown of the allocation for 2019 before me, but I imagine because almost all subheads are increasing, there is also an increase for wastewater treatment. This is important, not just because of an infringement case but because of how we treat our water. We all saw recent images of what was coming from the treatment plant in Poolbeg. There is a commitment to invest an additional €400 million in that facility. While these problems cannot be sorted in the morning, by making these investments, we will improve water quality. The Deputy will recall from past year the number of water bodies whose water quality improved as a result of investments that were made over a number of years. The money invested will produce the results and it has been allocated under the capital plan to 2021, the NDP and Project Ireland 2040.