Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

Gabhaim buíochas le gach eile duine anseo atá as Uisce Éireann. I appreciate them being here today and taking the time to answer our questions. I had a very positive engagement a few months ago with Uisce Éireann where they took me through its procurement system and showed me how it manages procurement, tendering and all of its obligations. Given that the C and AG has given it a clear audit opinion, I am not going to be focusing on procurement today. I know it is publishing its purchase orders and operating a transparent and quite comprehensive corporate governance model.

What I want to focus on today are maybe some things that are working well for Uisce Éireann. Sometimes we do not often enough look at projects that have done well and I would like to give my first minute to that. I am from Athenry. I have seen the upgrade of the wastewater treatment system there and the extension of our sewage network be quite positive and I know that the Arklow plant was delivered on time and on budget. Could I get maybe a minute on why those projects were able to come in on time and on budget and in how many more projects can we expect to see similar results?