Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I share the Senator's frustration. I am familiar with these projects. I have seen one just beside me, albeit in County Sligo, and one in Mayo. They have been complex to deliver.

If the Senator wants to engage with the CEO of Cork County Council, as I said, the two reasons that I have been given here are in relation to a stand-alone wastewater treatment system and Irish Water's concerns about taking in charge any specific wastewater infrastructure. Therefore, there are two issues but they both go back to the local authority.

The local authority made the application in the first place. I presume, in making the application, it knows the area better. The Department funded the application. The Department still wants to invest in these centres.

Certainly, the Senator may come back to me. As I said, I know the area. It would be a great addition to the area and I would be happy to work with it. I am happy to give the Senator this paragraph that he will be able to use in his discussions with the CEO. If there is nothing on the Wild Atlantic Way in Cork, they can always come to Mayo.