Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I apologise as I have to leave early to be in the Dáil for statements on Housing for All. I will focus on the issue of trihalomethane, THM, failures. The EPA's opening statement notes that the number of people exposed to persistent THM failures has increased this year by 133,750.

That is a very significant figure. Dr. Minihan suggested earlier that in most of the cases of the 560,000 people whose water supply requires remedial action, it can be attributed to exposure to THMs. Does she have numbers to indicate in how many of those 560,000 cases that is the issue? Can she give us an idea of what percentage of the overall number of people in the country have a water supply that is affected in this way? I would welcome any indications in that regard.