Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a couple of follow-up questions to those I asked in the first round and some new ones. To go back to what happened between March and October, in the regular engagement with Irish Water is there any engagement with or notification of the Department in particular, for example, if a concern arises over slippage of the original deadlines that are given in the Irish Water report? Is the Department informed throughout the process or does it learn with the rest of us when a boil water notice is issued?

In terms of slippage, I think I am correct in saying five of the eight recommendations were not implemented between March and October. How many of those were subject to slippage and could the witnesses elaborate a little more on that?

I am also keen to understand if the problems we are talking about are confined to the older part of the plant, notwithstanding the fact that the supply is all ultimately mixed, or if there are problems with the plant that was upgraded in the 1990s and the new plant in 2014? I would welcome if the witnesses could separate out that.

I would welcome a little more information from Dr. Ryan on the previous question I asked on whether, even if all the works that are currently within the capital programme are completed, there still are additional difficulties he would like to see addressed. Is that the ultraviolet filter or are other works required?

The witnesses can correct me if I am wrong but while the EPA did not recommend the ultraviolet filter in the March report, it recommended it in the October report. Is there a reason for that? Is it something the EPA had raised previously with Irish Water and Fingal County Council? I would welcome a bit more information on that too.