Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As somebody who does not have the luxury of a water scheme, I know all about what the Deputy is talking about in terms of using a well and all the filters one must use try to make sure the water is reasonable, but anyway, it works.

We cover a number of different things in the CLÁR programme, which is a very useful scheme. I believe Deputy Ó Cuív set it up himself. It is a great bonus for those rural areas. Rural water really falls under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. My Department now has responsibility for the LIS. It looks like it is all ours even though I think it should be with another Department.

This is the same scenario. If I start topping up water in rural Ireland, it suddenly becomes my responsibility instead of where that really lies, which is with Irish Water and the rural water schemes. I will have a conversation with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien although I do not know what we can do. Water is funded through the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. There are some great water schemes out there. My goodness me, what they have done in rural Ireland has been tremendous.