Patricia Stephenson (Social Democrats)

Some of my comments might be a bit repetitive as other colleagues have already made some of the points. I appreciate the scale of the work Uisce Éireann is undertaking and has been undertaking over the past decade. Water supply and wastewater treatment are issues that are quite big issues in the public psyche at the moment, largely because we are receiving a lot of information around new developments and the block on housing supply. The housing emergency we are living in is one of the biggest ones. Mr. Gleeson spoke about the need for multi-annual funding to address long-term planning. Has Uisce Éireann secured multi-annual funding from the Department of housing? Has it been promised or is Uisce Éireann still working on an annual basis?