Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Ó Coigligh and Ms Connolly for their very helpful engagement. I thank them for their submissions and answering all of our questions.

It is clear from the questions of the members and their attendance that we are all concerned about the water supply and its management. Water is a very finite precious resource and a basic human need so we need to take care of it as best as we possibly can. The regulation and licensing of water abstraction is welcome. The committee will require further responses to written submissions and we will continue the pre-legislative scrutiny process.

The meeting is adjourned until Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 10.20 a.m., when we will meet in private session using Microsoft Teams. The next meeting in public session will be held on that date at 11 a.m.