Mr. Steve Fitzpatrick:

It is also our viewpoint that in view of the huge industrial wastage of water through water companies, distilleries and the pollution of rivers by mega farmers that the polluter pays principle must apply to everybody and not just individual citizens. There has been a huge dearth of pointing the finger. We have a huge amount of information. For instance, it takes 35 litres of water to make 1 litre of whiskey so there is a lot of waste along the way. Even the bottle of whiskey gets into the system through the toilet.

In this country huge water companies can take water from natural resources yet not pay for or deal with whatever waste is generated. A big company like Danone can take water from lakes. There seems to be greater concentration on a person who leaves their tap dripping than on a person or company that makes multi millions of euro by taking water from the ground with no heed for the polluter pays principle.