A boil water notice has been in place in my area for the past eight years affecting 9,000 customers. It appears to be costing approximately €500 per year. In the UK, families are now compensated when boil water notices are put in place. Will the Minister give consideration to doing this in this country, particularly for the 9,000 customers who are suffering under this notice for the past eight years?

It is something I have in mind. We reduced the number of boil water notices in areas that had been under boil water notices in recent years but there are some areas, like the area to which the Deputy refers, which have been under these restrictions. They are a very serious imposition on people and households in that regard. It is costly and it costs business.

At the moment, I am reviewing the Uisce Éireann strategic plan and its plan going forward. I also will seek additional capital funding for Uisce Éireann. It has never had a budget as large as it has now, but it needs more because we have legacy issues that need to be dealt with. We have some areas of the country - I see Deputy O’Sullivan is present as well - about which many Deputies have raised specific schemes, be that with regard to wastewater treatment or drinking water and the quality of that. I am reviewing the Uisce Éireann plan and it is something I am considering.