Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I understand Deputy Adams has a holiday cottage in Donegal but I am not sure if it is connected to the public sewerage scheme. I suggest the next time he is there he should have a look. I am quite sure this is the first time for a long time that I have heard him welcome anything in this House. I am pleased he welcomes Deputy Hogan's common-sense approach to this matter. I am quite sure we are going to have people spluttering into their pints and saying, "Oh God, I should not have bought this, I should have registered the septic tank instead." For less than the price of a pint in many establishments, a person can register the fact that he or she is the owner of a septic tank. As Deputy Adams will undoubtedly agree, what we need in this country is clean water and safe water. I refer to the situation in Galway city just a few years ago where the reputation of our country was diminished by the existence and the extent of cryptosporidium in the water and its impact on industry. I am quite sure that even Deputy Adams, from his party's perspective, wishes to see as many people as possible employed and to have an environment and a water quality that is up to standard.

I have listened to hysterical comment about this and many other matters in the past few weeks. I have seen startling headlines and I have heard the Fianna Fáil Party say that rectification or improvement of a septic tank will cost €20,000. I have heard others say it will cost €17,000-----

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