Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I know the Minister met a group of businessmen from Clonmel recently, including David Burke, Richard Gleeson and Nuala Hickey, regarding the situation concerning Uisce Éireann in the town. It is just abominable. For three or four days again this week there has been no water in Ballingarrane, Cherrymount and other parts of the town for businesses and houses. No information has come from Irish Water. Local staff on the ground are trying to do their best but Irish Water is coming along, installing pressure reducing valves, PRVs, not telling anybody and upsetting the whole system. When is someone going to have a day of reckoning with Uisce Éireann and make it accountable to somebody? People in Rosegreen also have no water. It is out every second day and gone an hour after it has come back. Pumps are being replaced. The overseers or people in charge are not being told about them. There is no joined-up thinking and the company is just running amok. Businesspeople are paying for their water. Everybody is entitled to a service and customers are not being treated with respect. I appreciate the Minister having met these people but they are not getting satisfaction and they have no certainty. It is bad enough to be without water this time of year but what will happen when the summer comes? It is just not acceptable in Clonmel.

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