Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)

A lot of European countries source their water from aquifers, whereas we tend to take water from surface locations, rivers and so on. We have just had a couple of weeks of nice weather and already there are warnings about hosepipe bans, for example. In the case of the River Boyne, the capacity of the river is gone at the moment because of taps. How can we depend on a supply of surface water given the changes in climate and the reduction in capacity? Should we not focus more on aquifers, etc.?