Mr. Jack Nolan:

We are negotiating with the Commission. We have very good water quality by comparison with other member states. We fully accept that we have more to do. The Minister said in his opening statement that we fully accept there is a declining trend that we need to reverse. We are making good progress in our negotiations and our action programme. I will go back to what Deputy Browne said, which is that a key element will be enforcement and implementation of what we have already. We anticipate that we will have a positive vote in March.