John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

If the Deputy is a swimmer, she will know that it is very difficult to deal with rainfall. I go to Seapoint and the Forty Foot but if one is out there after heavy rainfall the water is brown. It is as simple as that and very difficult to treat. I was talking to one of the engineers on Dublin City Council about this. If one goes to any of the Caribbean islands where there are no rivers one sees crystal clear water, but where there are rivers with run-off there will be difficulties such as turbidity and deterioration.

I cannot predict the weather for the summer but I hope that if we have a good August we will have good readings for our water. I am hopeful about that.

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