Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I hope the interaction that we have is in relation to delivery. Some of the projects I spoke about earlier have been timelined. It is a matter of ensuring that those timelines are at least met. They are timelines that have been set further back than we would have anticipated or wanted. There are particular issues.

I welcome the Minister's statement that there is need for a greater level of funding. We are not in the place we would like to be as regards infrastructure. Looking to the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, the wastewater system where I live is not up to scratch and could lead to flooding. Never mind getting catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM. We have a huge amount of people who are impacted even when we have heavy rains. If we do not have capacity delivered at the south end of Dundalk, we could be looking at flooding no matter what we do as regard the CRFAM works.

As has been brought up with the Minister, Deputy Browne, by members of Deputy Chambers' own party, there is a particular issue in the sense that many planning permissions now are looking to put in interim water treatment schemes on the basis that Uisce Éireann does not have the capacity to deal with wastewater. I am talking about the likes of Haggardstown. It is obviously causing issues in relation to a number of residents and constituents.

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