Two beautiful villages in County Clare are Broadford and Cooraclare. They are fabulous villages but have one major problem. When one flushes a toilet in those village the sewage percolates through some gravel but will ultimately end up in drains. It will end up in Doon Lough in Broadford and in a river in Cooraclare. On 7 December 2023, almost two years ago, there was a wonderful announcement from Government that each village was to get €5 million for pilot sewerage schemes. They had waited 40 years for this. In fact, Broadford acquired land in 2004, the year I became a councillor. We have waited a lifetime for this. Since December 2023, not a blade of grass has been cut or a shovel put in the ground, yet the two projects are being dubbed shovel ready. When I hear people saying we will undershoot our climate actions, it is not congruent that the two villages are still without a sewerage scheme. Can the Taoiseach give us any good news in terms of how these projects can be progressed?

I thank the Deputy for so eloquently articulating the situation in the two beautiful towns of Broadford and Cooraclare. The Minister recently brought a memorandum to Government to deal with the issue. The scheme was announced some time back when local authorities were given supports. To be fair, the Deputy is correct when he said there has been a problem in the delivery of those schemes. The Minister recently introduced supports for that. I will ask him to speak to the Deputy. What he is endeavouring to do with the county councils is positive in terms of making sure we get action on these specific projects identified two years ago.