Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The HSE boil water notices are a huge issue when they happen. I acknowledge from the presentations and from what the representatives tell us that when boil water notices kick in that the factors or transgressions are marginal before they implement a boil water notice. When a boil water notice comes into play, how proactive are they? Is it in real time that they are assessing the information and making a decision? For example, we had a boil water notice in Longford a number of months ago that caused a lot of frustration. To give comfort to the wider public how quickly does the HSE respond to that information when it receives it and how quickly are does it unenforce boil water notices?