Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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I too am disappointed that the committee is losing scrutiny of the environment.

Certainly something is going wrong with the situation on landfill if we can export our waste more cheaply than we can put it in landfill, although I am aware that we lack capacity in landfill. Also, on water metering, different opinions were given in the past, but how long do we estimate the batteries in the current meters will last? As with watch batteries, they will run down. Will we have to change the whole meter at that stage and add a cost in the process? Also, the group water schemes have to be supported because they are the enablers in terms of their own schemes. I am looking on aghast at what is going on with water in many areas.