Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has outlined the precise reasons why we are reforming the water sector, to ensure we have quantity and quality of water in the future. We have a very rickety system due to historic under-investment. That is why we must establish a new way of doing things, to deal with the issues the Deputy rightly points out. I will examine the issues he raised and speak to Irish Water about the issues that arose in Galway and see how we can replicate them in Roscommon.

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