Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)

Before Uisce Éireann deals with the final question about the planning priority and the consents, I will throw in a question for Mr. Tarrant to answer after that. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities has expressed some concern about connection policies where they are demand-led. In one of the reports recently it suggested that it should have similar powers to its counterpart in the Netherlands, where the Government says the delivery of homes is the priority and there are capacity constraints in certain areas. Then it is able to prioritise in accordance with those. If the witnesses have a view on that as well as the issue of planning and consents, I would be interested to hear it, but I ask the Uisce Éireann representatives to comment on the planning and consents stuff first.