Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Is one of the reasons we are having so many issues the decades of underinvestment in water services nationally and then Irish Water taking over? I am a Deputy from Cork North-Central and we are losing 50% of our water every day. We take water from the Lee and we are pumping it up into the Lee waterworks. I remember one time in Cork when we had no water for nearly ten days because of flooding issues, which is unbelievable. Are decades of underinvestment the reason we have these constant problems? Would it be fair to say that is one of the reasons?