Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

We were talking about genuine concerns and he undertook to consider this before Report Stage. He has now had five months to reflect on this and I am disappointed there is no Government amendment on the list that would acknowledge the right of the public to a safe and reliable water supply. This is a fundamental issue and it is not new. The Labour Party proposed it on Committee Stage, as I had indicated it would on Second Stage in 2004. It is, however, given a new urgency by events in Galway in the past two months.

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