Mr. Noel Byrne:

As the Deputy correctly said, we have an infringement procedure against Ireland regarding wastewater and compliance with the directive. According to the 2021 figures, 51% of our wastewater load met the standards. That compares to 90% across the EU average.

As the committee can see, we have a good bit to catch up on in that space. The big facility in that situation is Ringsend - bringing it into compliance. Works are progressing at Ringsend. They did the upgrade of the 400,000 population equivalent additional capacity in 2021. They are upgrading the other 24 units over the next two to three years. By 2025, they hope to have all of the works completed on Ringsend, with the aim of being compliant with the directive at that point.

Our current priority area lists identify 12 sites where Irish Water failed to meet the directive requirements in 2021. We have to bring those 12 sites into compliance to achieve that. As I said, Ringsend is the big one in that space. I suppose one-----