Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 October 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities.

9:30 am

Mr. Sean Laffey:

The standards we apply now, which have been agreed with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, are much tighter than they were in the past. The vast majority of boil water notices are very much precautionary in nature.