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:
We are still investigating that. We understand this was an experienced operator but we have not got the full details. Wexford County Council is investigating and we are supporting it in that. It is hard to understand and if there is a failure with our equipment or the alarm system we will certainly investigate that. To go back to the point, people will make mistakes and equipment will fail. It is in reporting those issues, where things have gone wrong, that we can work with the other authorities to ensure we protect water supplies going into the system. Mistakes will be made and things will go wrong. That is an important thing to remember. We cannot fix everything but it is about making sure the operators, the local authority staff and our own staff understand the protocols around communicating incidents with the stakeholders and getting messages out to the public as quickly as possible.
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