Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the second part of my slot, I would like to raise a disconnected issue, although it does have some connection. We have seen here a case of an accidental incident, where water quality was impacted. One could say that security at any of the water treatment facilities is at a minimal level. Taking the Ballymore Eustace plant as a particular example, because it serves nearly 700,000 people in Dublin city, does the EPA have any concerns about the threat that could be posed to the water supply of the city by a deliberate attempt to poison the water source or by an attempt to take it offline by way of a terrorist act? It is clear that this is a finely balanced system. It is too finely balanced, one might say. This happened in the case of an accidental incident. This would lead us to believe that the system is almost entirely unprepared for what might be a deliberate attack.