Mr. Niall Gleeson:

I will answer and perhaps Mr. Ó Coigligh can follow up. On the single public utility and implementation of projects, we work closely with the local authorities, but, in effect, Irish Water is fully in control of capital projects at this stage. The single public utility, therefore, is much more applicable to the operational issues. As far as implementation, however, the single public utility is to a fair degree already there. Irish Water directs all of the asset delivery type works with the co-operation of local authorities in certain areas but it is very much under our control.

The issues around delivery very much relate to planning, CPOs and so on we discussed earlier. Once we get boots on the ground, we can deliver. We will have to get back to the Deputy with all the figures he requested for this year because they do get updated. We will perhaps be able to supply those by the end of this session or at least by the end of the week.

We will start work on 11 of those untreated agglomerations where raw sewage is going into the sea. They will start this year with boots on the ground. We will deliver those on schedule and we will have the vast majority of those untreated agglomerations completed by 2025. We have reduced that number. The volume of wastewater that was entering the seas and rivers has been reduced by 60% since 2014.

We have, therefore, made an awful lot of progress. Our systems and processes are there, but, as I said, our greatest challenge is probably the planning and judicial review process. That is where most of the projects are held up. Once we get in there and get boots on the ground, we deliver well and we are generally on time and on budget.

Mr. Ó Coigligh may wish to come on with some comments on the Deputy's original question.