Mr. Denis Holland:

The Department asked Irish Water to carry out a technical assessment of the adjoining wastewater treatment plant in Hillview. That was in June and there was a bit of correspondence with the Department in setting that up. Irish Water then prepared its report and submitted it to the Department. On a regular basis we looked for updates from the Department on that and the most recent update we received was the reply that the Minister gave to the parliamentary question that the Chairman tabled in the Dáil in September, some four or five weeks ago. We are awaiting further developments in that regard.