Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The issue I wish to raise was touched on by Deputy O'Donoghue. Head 19 refers to the fire services. The 1981 Act allows for abstraction of water for the extinguishing of a fire or the protection of a person or property in the case of fire.

Dublin Fire Brigade, which is probably the largest fire service in the country, would be using water primarily for extinguishing fires but there would be training too. There should be some level of consultation with it about the type of water that it uses because it is a guardian of water, as much as anybody else is, but we have to be realistic about how we would separate training, or whether the Department would accept an amendment which would broaden that term.