In Sligo at the moment, 13,600 people are on a boil water notice because of cryptosporidium. It is causing hardship and costs for families, businesses and hotels. It needs to be addressed. Irish Water has made an application for planning which has been forwarded to the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. I understand a special case has to be made under imperative reasons for overriding public interest, IROPI, legislation. It needs to be dealt with immediately. I know it is with the Departments. The Minister, Deputy Madigan, is in the Chamber and I ask her and the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to deal with this as urgently as possible. It is causing a lot of hardship for many people and there is always the threat of health being affected.

In support of this matter, I have been in contact with the Ministers, Deputies Madigan and Eoghan Murphy, and their officials over recent weeks. This is a very serious issue and it has been going on for quite a while. Many people are on boil water notices in the Lough Talt area. Both Ministers have given me an assurance that this will progress but perhaps we will get an update from the Minister now.

I thank Deputy Scanlon for his question, which Deputy McLoughlin has also raised with me. It is primarily a matter for Irish Water, as the Deputy acknowledged in his contribution. However, I will be working closely with the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who has written to my Department. I am liaising with officials and we will come back to the Deputy about it.