Mr. Jerry Grant:

It is the immediate priority. We are actually working on that. There are two phases. There is expansion under the existing planning permission. We are applying for new planning permission. By 1 June, we will be in to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission to omit the tunnel and use the technology we now have on board to hit the nitrogen and phosphorus standard.

The next constraint becomes the capacity to get the sewage to Ringsend, particularly from the north-west quadrant, from the Blanchardstown–Mulhuddart–Dunboyne area. The greater Dublin drainage, GDD, project is still going ahead in planning-----