Mr. Noel Byrne:

I will speak to that, if that is okay. I will take up the raw sewage issue, first. Deputy Duffy correctly stated there are 34 areas. Thankfully, Cobh was connected in September in Cork city and the number is down to 33. Details of all those are on the EPA's website. You can see on a map the volumes of raw sewage that are discharged. You will also see the timelines Irish Water put in place to address those.

It is a concern that the dates have slipped. Dr. Ryan spoke about that. There are 12 that will not be completed until after 2020, which is a concern to the EPA. We do not want to see these dates slipping, which we have. That is a big concern. The Deputy will get all that information on the EPA website.

On the capacity register, Irish Water has created a capacity register for all its treatment facilities throughout the country. That is being provided to each local authority so that each can see which plants are below capacity, at capacity or above capacity and, indeed, when we speak about the raw sewage, which plants have no capacity at present to deal with it. These are serious issues that need to be addressed and that information has been provided to the local authorities by Irish Water.