Mr. John Condon:

I will say on behalf of the county council that the staff in the rural water office - Mr. McDermott, Ms Bourke and their colleagues - were helpful at every stage to the community from the day they were first contacted in 2012 to when they made the current application in 2018. They went out on site during the Covid pandemic to help them to identify the connections and the precautions that had to be taken to try to work in a safe environment under those things. Also, every communication that is received gets a response. Whether it is a response people want is a different thing but they always get a response, which is the best we can do for them at each stage. We-----