Mr. Seán Laffey:

The Cathaoirleach has to understand the journey we have been on. In 2013, the year before Uisce Éireann was formed, approximately €315 million in capital was spent on water and wastewater assets across the country. This year, we are hoping to spend €1.5 billion. We are coming up on €100 million a year extra, but that is as much as our supply chain can bear to expand by. It is not just about money being available. It is about actually having the supply chain. We are a relatively small country. Many of the companies that work in Ireland also have operations in the UK. The regulator in the UK has just approved a five-year, £105 billion investment plan, so our supply chain has many places to go if it wants to. We can only expand so much.