Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Water Quality and Infrastructure and Small Town and Villages Growth Programme: Discussion
Mr. Niall Gleeson:
I will take the second question first if Deputy Gould does not mind. We are in constant contact with the HSE and have very good links throughout and with the HSE, so as soon as illness might be detected in the community we react straight away and check plants. That communication process is ongoing. Likewise, if we detect issues at plants, we will inform the HSE, so there is a continuous communication between Irish Water and the HSE through very formal structures - not through hospitals or GPs but through the HSE's own structures. We have very good communication. In fact, we detected the Wexford issue partially because of communication from the HSE when it reported illnesses in the community. That system exists.
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