Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What is the Government's policy on the stand-alone water schemes? There has been a move during the past ten or 15 years, based on EU regulations, to take in charge many of the small ones and connect them up to the main system. It is Government policy to complete that process and eventually take over responsibility for all the group water schemes, or is it adopting a hands-off approach and leaving that matter to be dealt with by the group water schemes and Uisce Éireann?

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