I recently came across a parliamentary question from 22 February 1951 which asked when was it intended to proceed with the Annascaul water and sewerage schemes. The reply was that the Minister was not in a position to state when the work would commence. Seventy-one years later, we had a briefing from Kerry County Council on the residential-zoned land tax that there are more small towns and villages out of the scope of the tax than are actually in scope. Annascaul is at maximum capacity and needs work on its wastewater treatment. That is in addition to other places. There are three students here from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí who might be interested. Annascaul, Camp, Glenbeigh, Fenit, Castlegregory, Kilflynn among others need it. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, says that it will be 20 years before water can be adequately cleaned. Development in these towns and villages is being hampered because you cannot build more than two houses because the system is not there. When will the Government do a proper system and allocate proper money so that these can proceed?

I was reading a chapter of Mark Henry's book, In Fact: An Optimist's Guide to Ireland at 100 the other night. It goes over the progress made in 100 years. Since the 1990s, there has been a transformation and dramatic improvement in wastewater compared with where we were through wastewater treatment plants and so on and a whole range of other issues. I am not clear why the situation is as it is in Annascaul but I will follow it up with the Minister. Níl aon amhras ach gurb é an scéal is fearr ná áiseanna den saghas seo a chur ar fáil do na bailte éagsúla ar fud na tíre, go háirithe Abhainn an Scáil. Táim sásta déileáil leis an Aire, an cheist a chur an Teachta orm a ardú leis, freagra a fháil agus réiteach na faidhbe a chur i bhfeidhm.