Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his positive response. Many of my constituents - the Ceann Comhairle's constituency of Dún Laoghaire is served by a similar supply - will be astonished and annoyed to learn that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has allocated funding and made provision for additional staffing measures and that a preliminary report was approved in 2007. People woke up yesterday, in 2011, to read in the national newspapers that the north Wicklow water supply could be affected by these problems at any stage. I am encouraged by what the Minister has said. I would like to add my voice to the Minister's call for Dublin City Council and Wicklow County Council to get involved as quickly as possible. I would like the Minister to ask the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to contact Dublin City Council to see if progress can be made on this matter as quickly as possible.

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