James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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I am reassured to some degree by that. We will have to double-check in relation to the person who brought that to our attention.

It is important to reference that, during 2022, there were very severe water outages, which have been going on for a number of years, especially around the Whitegate area. What happened recently in east Cork is an indication of the water quality problems we were having. It is an area that experiences significant rainfall. This year we had record rainfall in July prior to these floods taking place, but during 2022, water outages were very common. It is so frustrating for the families and those involved who want to try to get safe water to the taps in their homes and to the showers, for sanitation, for drinking and for other use as well. I get the impression if this happened in Dublin, it would not be a problem and that it would be dealt with, but in my constituency, we are having to wait years for that critical infrastructure to be put in place. Will Mr. Gleeson commit to taking that aside and having a look to see what could be done to speed it up? There are plans in place to upgrade our water infrastructure locally. That said, it is fairly aggravating for people locally. I suppose they have to get some degree of confidence that it will be looked into.