Mr. John Mulholland:

The Deputy referred to meetings of local authorities and the LDA with Irish Water. It is a regular feature of our business. Going back to an earlier question, it is part and parcel of our spatial planning. We have to look at capacity in different areas with regard to zoning and so on but when it comes to the crunch, with builders ready to go on-site and the time requirements, it adds pressure to the dynamics of supplying housing or business development in particular areas. In dealing with 31 local authorities, Irish Water and the main businesses in the Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway areas, with teams out in the various regions, we have regular meetings about these matters and pressing demands of services. Apart from the operational requirements of water and wastewater treatment plants, this occupies a much larger space on our agenda, if the Deputy understands what I am saying, because of the demand for infrastructural development, the programme for housing, Housing for All, and so on. I cannot speak about the LDA. I would not be familiar with it in my neck of the woods in Laois. It is not a big player in the area. I ask Mr. McLaughlin if he has any experience of that.