Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

If the residents of Donabate have concerns, I have no doubt that they will put those concerns to their public representatives. Those concerns will be dealt with by the planners and engineers of the appropriate councils who are well used to listening to people's concerns. Hopefully they will come to a satisfactory resolution.

The Deputy must acknowledge the dramatic improvements in water quality and in dealing with sewage and effluent. In areas of population growth, we are trying to provide the proper and efficient services that are required. The population is projected to grow in 15 years to 5 million and we need to make further investments in these services. We must not go back to the position where we pumped waste water into the bay and polluted it.

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