Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Dr. Cotter said it could have just increased. I am from County Westmeath, which is included in the red map. However, because we are the "lake county", there is an unbelievable amount of testing and sampling based on a tourism perspective and because people are swimming in the lakes. There does not seem to be an issue with any other testing body, yet we are included in this map. Will Dr. Cotter clarify what she said? Was the fact of an increase the criterion used by the EPA to include an area on the red map, albeit that the increase may or may not have brought the level over an acceptable threshold?