Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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I would like to get a better idea of how the EPA does its tests and reports. Deputy Fitzmaurice used the example of his river. Now, if I use mine, the River Brosna rises just outside Mullingar and flows into the River Shannon at Shannon Harbour. At how many different points along it would the EPA take water samples on a river that length? What would be the result given for that river? Would it be an average of each point or could the same river be included in a different category depending on how far upstream or downstream it is? We would assume-----