Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a supplementary question because that is very interesting. My memory from Leixlip is that four separate alarms were missed. It was only when there was a changeover in staff that the staff member who came in recognised the alarms and took action. Am I right in interpreting that Dr. Minihan is saying that in the cases of Gorey and Ballymore Eustace, alarms were going off for a longer period of time? Do we know how long it was before, even within the plants themselves, there was a shutdown? Do we know how long it was before Irish Water was informed? The EPA report tells us when it was informed in both instances with delays of 12 days and seven days. I cannot remember how long the Leixlip delay was but it was a matter of hours. Are we talking about a matter of days in the case of Gorey and Ballymore Eustace?

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