Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)

Unfortunately, not much has changed in the response. As I said in my own piece, I firmly believe the solution to this is probably, unfortunately, going to be the private route through developer-led infrastructure. It is not ideal. Irish Water itself has resisted that process for a long time now. I hope that the Minister will make a fair fist of that and bring this to a head and not just for Carrignavar. I could probably list six or seven other villages in my own constituency. The Minister of State himself referenced in the order of 20-odd villages in his own area. This is, across the country, one of the major issues we are facing.

We are going to be the ones who will pay for it, let us be straight about it - us sitting on these benches - because the issue of the day is housing. The Minister of State does not need me to say it here. Unfortunately, we have been hamstrung for the past five years sitting over here in government. We have been complicit in this ineptitude, if I can be frank. It is very frustrating for us people on the ground who attend the community meetings and make the excuses - let us be honest about it - for Cork County Council and Irish Water, and have done for quite a while now. The solution has always been there, and after five years of lobbying, we finally have a solution. As I said, I hope the Minister actually sees it through and allows developer-led infrastructure to be delivered again in tandem with Irish Water and under its supervision. It is the only solution I can see working, such is my lack of faith in Irish Water to deliver.

In his supplementary, the Minister of State might have this information but that additional money he referenced is going to lead to a capital plan review, I understand, in the first quarter of next year. Has he any idea when that review will be completed? If he does, I would appreciate it.

On Carrignavar, as I have said, the treatment plant itself is three times overloaded.

Just north of Carrignavar, we recently had one of the largest fish kills in the country. Again, the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach will be familiar with that. How the EPA has not come down heavy on Irish Water and previously Cork County Council about the problems in Carrignavar I do not know. It is blatantly obvious to anybody. The pollution can be seen visibly seeping into the river there on a daily basis. Something has to be done urgently. This nonsense of waiting for capital plans needs to stop.

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