Mr. Ted O'Reilly:

At present, regarding the servicing of unserviced or unsewered settlements, it is for the local authority to put together a proposal. That is then submitted to the Department under the rural water programme. The Department has a new measure, No. 8, concerning servicing unserviced or unsewered settlements from a wastewater perspective. The Department has a fund in that regard. Once the proposal is processed and a decision has been made as to which of the schemes move forward, we have agreed with the Department that we will be involved in the building of those schemes and we will take them on once they are complete.