Dáil debates
Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage
6:00 pm
Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
In my constituency many hundreds of houses depend on water from private sources such as wells and not group water schemes. Many hundreds of houses in the upland areas of County Wicklow and the mountain areas of County Dublin depend on water from private wells. If the amendments were accepted it would give people the right to have water taken to them at taxpayers' expense if a private well had a tainted supply or the water had a bad taste or colour. We made a decision not——
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