Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For those that have a public supply there would be a knock-effect from this measure. I am part of a group scheme and if it is the case that an EU directive or otherwise makes it unsustainable for our contributions to maintain that into the future, we would hope that we could apply to an authority for that authority to take it in charge, in the same way as that authority takes in charge the public supply to the Minister in his urban area, or anybody else, and that we are no different from anybody else in that regard. We will contribute accordingly, but I need a commitment that that facility remains open and available to group schemes as it does by enforcement to urban schemes.