Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will return to pesticides and the fact that they have been found in urine samples. This is a real danger to public health, our ever-fragile environment, on which Mr. Laffey touched, and the food chain. It raises the question of what best international practice is. I know much work has been done on this in Canada, the US, Germany and Austria. It is time to look at best practice to see how we can address this issue. It touches on agriculture, food production, the environment and public health, which is the most important. There should be some sort of collaboration. The EPA has come before the committee as well as the HSE and the Department of Health. This issue is multifaceted and needs a collaborative response. Has there been any collaboration between the Department of Health and the EPA in addressing this issue? I am committed to continuing to raise this issue in the coming weeks because it needs to be raised. I believe other members will do so as well. Has there been any collaboration or does Irish Water plan on having greater collaboration to address this concern?