Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)

I welcome the Bill. I am mindful of the great line from the late W.C. Fields about not drinking tap water on the basis that fish fuss in it. It is worth noting that the Bill contains many excellent recommendations for improving the management of our water supply systems.

I wish to pay tribute to those entrusted with the management of group water schemes throughout the country who have done Trojan work over the years and whose role, in a sense, is elevated by the demands of this legislation, not to supersede the work they are doing but to recognise that and put a good regulatory system in place, which is necessary.

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