Mr. Michael O'Leary:

A member asked about catchment management and who has the powers of enforcement. They would rest primarily with the local authorities but we work very closely with them. On the pesticide issue, for example, we work very closely with all the stakeholders such as the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the local authorities to try to eliminate the pesticides from the catchment. However, Irish Water does not have enforcement powers within the catchment. One of the concerns we have with the risk based approach is that we can identify the risk but we cannot deal directly with it. In terms of pesticides, however, there is very good cross-functional co-operation in addressing the issue with all the stakeholders.