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?

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