Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to raise an issue with the Taoiseach concerning access to clean drinking water in my constituency, which is remarkable in 2018. The Minister, Deputy Ring, will be aware of it. Areas between Westport and Louisburgh get their water from the mountain and have to filter it with very expensive filtration systems. Plans were in place ten years ago to pipe water from Westport to Louisburgh and to service everything in between. It has come to my attention that it is not in the current capital plan of Irish Water nor is it in its medium to long-term plan. I urge the Taoiseach to address that issue in order that the scheme is included in the medium-term plan of the next capital plan. It is astounding to be talking in 2018 about safe, clean drinking water. Somebody was hospitalised in the past month due to the problem.

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