Ms Angela Ryan:

I will take the question in general. Uisce Éireann's mandate as the single public utility is to manage and operate the public wastewater network in Ireland. Unserviced towns and villages are outside of our remit. However, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has a rural water scheme. That may be the scheme to which the Senator is referring. Towns and villages can apply for water and wastewater services and, when they are provided, there is a mechanism for Uisce Éireann to take those services in charge. That is the formal process we go through.

The towns and villages the Senator mentioned as being unserviced at present would have to pass through that formal mechanism, namely, the rural water scheme set up by the Department. On the two sites mentioned as being on the pilot scheme, I can go back to my colleagues in the company and get updates on those, such as Clarinbridge.