John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I do not want to get into specific local authority areas. Members quite rightly have local concerns, but on a national level we are working towards achieving good quality water throughout the country by 2015. It was mentioned that such a date is a long way away, but I would be happy if we could get full compliance by that date. The water services investment programme that I outlined shows that significant investment is being made. It will continue for the foreseeable future. Through that investment, we will get better quality drinking water and better quality water for fisheries and bathing. We hope to achieve a better environmental standard overall.

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