I wish to raise an issue with the Taoiseach concerning access to clean drinking water in my constituency, which is remarkable in 2018. The Minister, Deputy Ring, will be aware of it. Areas between Westport and Louisburgh get their water from the mountain and have to filter it with very expensive filtration systems. Plans were in place ten years ago to pipe water from Westport to Louisburgh and to service everything in between. It has come to my attention that it is not in the current capital plan of Irish Water nor is it in its medium to long-term plan. I urge the Taoiseach to address that issue in order that the scheme is included in the medium-term plan of the next capital plan. It is astounding to be talking in 2018 about safe, clean drinking water. Somebody was hospitalised in the past month due to the problem.

Is it in the programme for Government? Will the relevant Minister please take responsibility for it?

I am delighted----

That is the irrelevant Minister.

I am delighted Deputy Lisa Chambers raised this issue.

The Government may get Katy Daly to bring it down the mountain.

Fianna Fáil was in government for 17 years and never delivered.

There is a hole in your bucket, dear Liza.

Let me finish.

Get Katy Daly to bring it down.

In 1997, we brought the water scheme from Lough Mask to Cloonkeen-----

I would like an answer to my question from the relevant Minister.

-----and 17 years later we brought it from Lough Mask to Westport and we will bring it to Murrisk, but we waited for 30 years and Fianna Fáil did nothing on it.

Katy Daly will bring it there.

Katy Daly will bring that.

Katy Daly will bring it down in a bucket.

Could we have an answer?

Could we hear from the relevant Minister?

I will not give the relevant Minister the opportunity to respond. If he likes, he could communicate with the Deputy.

I am the relevant Minister for the area.

Members can play this one in MacHale Park.

Could we have a word from the relevant Minister as opposed to the irrelevant Minister?

If the relevant Minister wants to respond, he can do so.

Thank you a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Does the Minister know Katy Daly?

He will have to consult an atlas to find out where Deputy Chambers was talking about.

Give me Katy Daly's number.

Google Maps.

The Minister, Deputy Ring, has raised the matter with me and I will communicate directly with the Deputy as to the current plans in place.