Ms Maria Graham:

There is recognition that there needs to be a multi-annual programme, and this is why it has been moved forward as a multi-annual programme. There is an expert panel, independently chaired by a former chief executive of local authorities, and it includes the Environmental Protection Agency, precisely from the environmental perspective the Deputy has referred to. There is funding, annually and under the national development plan, and a commitment to deal with this, and there is the process in place that allows it. Some of these estates are very far from public water connections and it can cause a difficulty in the timing of connections to the public system.