Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh:

Reference was made to Lough Talt. The Deputy will be interested to know that the first proper and full imperative reasons of overriding public interest, IROPI, effort is to be carried out there by an Irish authority from beginning to end. The Deputy will be familiar with the issues from what has happened in other areas.

We are aware of the community group sewerage scheme issue. It is more complex than the issue of group water schemes. We have a poor level of experience of smaller community managed sewage treatment plants because of their complexity and requirements. There is limited support available among the existing group. If available, the rural multi-annual programme for connection to an existing Irish Water pipeline is something we said we would look at. There is a review group for rural water services and we said we would look at it as an issue. However, it is complex and it is unlikely to be an area where we will come forward immediately with answers. It is something that is being looked at.