Mr. Patrick Byrne:

I can try to address the question somewhat for the Deputy. As Dr. Cotter outlined, a little more than 500 wastewater discharge licences have been issued to Uisce Éireann. They specify the level of treatment and the quality of the discharge that they are allowed to emit to receiving water, whether that is a river, the sea or whatever else. Those licences also specify the level, detail and frequency of monitoring that Uisce Éireann must undertake. That data is submitted to the EPA and is looked at. The specifics of the movement between sites may not be. The licence is a discharge licence for discharging to receiving water. The focus is on the discharge.