Mr. David Flynn:

I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh. Early next week, we will open a consultation, as we indicated in the opening statement, on the next river basin management plan. As part of that, the EPA has looked at water quality impacts more generally across the country. Urban waste water features as an impact, as one would expect, but it is improving in comparison to previous reports.

There has been mention of raw sewage. When Irish Water took on water services, there were 45 or 50 discharges of raw sewage. That is now down to 30 and by 2025 they, will be largely addressed. It is the same on compliance with the urban wastewater treatment directive and on priority areas for action that the EPA lists. Things are improving but there is still a lot of work to be done. It is now the fourth most important issue-----