Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Gleeson, but I need to move on to give members time to ask questions. Members have been circulated with the opening statements, have read them and, I am sure, will refer to them, and the witnesses will be able to take questions on those opening statements. I thank both Mr. Flynn and Mr. Gleeson for their opening statements. Mr. Gleeson has outlined the complexities and challenges of managing a water system from abstraction to discharge to receiving waters and everything in between. It is a complex system and involves a lot of challenges, but I note the commitment in the programme for Government to the €8.5 billion required for the capital investment committed to under Project Ireland 2040.

I will move on and give members an opportunity to put questions to the witnesses. I will move first to the Fianna Fáil slot. I will be strict on six minutes. It will be six minutes and members will be cut off and I will move on to the next person. I invite the Fianna Fáil representative to identify himself.