Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

I thank the Minister of State for his response. Perhaps he would take this directly to the Minister, Deputy Gormley, who commented after the urban waste water discharges in Ireland report from the EPA was released in the middle of last year. It was a report looking at the discharges from plants for 2006 and 2007, and Castlefinn sewerage scheme was one of these plants that were discharging directly into estuaries with just basic or no treatment. I also have photographic documentation that shows pumps one would get from a builders' suppliers in manholes directly discharging raw sewage into water courses that flow directly into the River Finn.

Let us cut to the chase because we can deal with words such as "in the process", etc. The reality is this has been listed as a problem by the EPA. We have evidence that there is sewage being pumped into water courses that go into the River Finn. The reality is that Donegal County Council-----