Will the Minister bring some harmony to the working relationship between Uisce Éireann and local authorities under the new arrangement in the water services legislation? Will it be necessary to bring forward regulations to clarify the misunderstandings arising between Uisce Éireann and local authorities? An issue arose in my constituency this morning with regard to a threatened outbreak of E. coli. Getting in contact with Uisce Éireann for it to issue to the local authority an order number for work was problematic to say the least.

I would be concerned if what Deputy Kirk stated was not a local problem. My understanding is the service level agreements and agreements generally in place between local authorities and Irish Water are working well. There may well be a particular issue with the Deputy's local authority, and I will be glad to examine it, but generally speaking they are working well. The transition is essential to the success of the project because the engineering people in the local authorities in particular are central to this. A good deal of the corporate memory is upstairs, reposing in the heads of many of the engineers who have been dealing with it. I will certainly be glad to examine the issue.