Mr. Dara Lynott:

The capital programme is outside the control of the agency. We have made a submission to Irish Water to say that certain priorities must be achieved within the capital programme, such as dealing with untreated discharges, UV treatment in shellfish areas as well as a priority to meet EU requirements. The PwC report has shown that there has been chronic under-investment in this area for the past number of years. Whether Irish Water will get all the funds it needs to do everything required to comply with all legislation, is doubtful. We are pushing for certain priorities and our priority as an agency is to have everything licensed by 2015. We act without fear or favour as to which ones are licensed under environmental law.