Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I might add one or two questions before Ms Attridge or Mr. O'Donoghue come in. In terms of alarm systems, Mr. Gleeson said Irish Water has a good relationship with the HSE and that the HSE will notify it. Illness and sickness should be the very last indicator of water quality, and there should be many layers above that, including alarms, critical alarms and procedures that fall into place when those alarms are received. Is there an alarm system process whereby, if there is a motor failure, a dosing failure or whatever it might be, the system that is monitored and there are reaction times to deal with those alarms? I am interested in how a failure can happen but nobody seems able to react quickly enough, or has reacted quickly to it but has not passed it along.