Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will ask about wastewater treatment plants and the 73 priority locations that the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, raised in its most recent report at the end of last year. There are also ten agglomerations that are in breach of the urban wastewater treatment directive. Will the witnesses give us an update on progress in that regard? I emphasise that there has been progress. We have seen the number of priority areas and the number of agglomerations discharging directly into the watercourse decrease year on year. How long will it take to complete that piece of work? It is primarily the Department that engages with the Commission about enforcement proceedings but Uisce Éireann must have some visibility of where that is at. If the witnesses would give the committee whatever information they have, I would appreciate it.