Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The EPA has been a while on the go looking up water. A directive is a directive, but you can dream a dream and then you can have realism. Will we ever get to 100%? Being realistic, will this ever happen, be it in Ireland or in any other country in Europe? Have we brought in a directive that, to be honest, if 2027 is basically the date that people are on about for Europe, I am not saying for even Ireland alone, is this like dreaming a dream because it is not going to be a reality by 2027?