Ms Angela Ryan:

There are two aspects. There is infrastructure put in place and there are the authorisations for that infrastructure around the environment. Regarding small wastewater, Uisce Éireann would like more standardisation in those processes such as general binding rules around wastewater discharge, authorisations and the ability to progress small infrastructure at a faster rate through the planning system. That being said, as the Senator said, there will be a pinch point in some areas. We realistically anticipate that which is why we are working proactively with the Department.