Ms Margaret Attridge:

Since we met Deputy O'Sullivan in Cork a couple of months ago, there has been very good progress on the flushing programme in Cork. We are starting to see some positive results. It is early days yet but we have identified the seven high-risk areas in Cork city based on the information coming through to us. We hope that flushing programme will be for the most part complete by the middle of November. There has been good progress in the three areas we have gone into so far.

On the bottled water issue, as we have shared with the Deputy before, it is only in the case of a "do not consume" notice being issued that we are funded to provide bottled water for customers under the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities. In Cork city, the water is for the most part okay to drink. That is the advice of the HSE. The advice is that, if the water is discoloured, you should run your taps until it is clear and that it is then okay to drink. In the case of Cork city, because there is no notice in place, we are not funded to supply bottled water.