Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If the Government was truly concerned about improving water quality in Ireland, rather than create an entity that can charge for it and will in future be saleable, it would have invested in the local authorities doing so. The Taoiseach might say that the local authorities did not take the opportunity to do so for many years, but they were never given the money to do so. Why was this not regionalised? The four local authorities in Dublin working in conjunction with Wicklow, Kildare and Meath county councils could, with investment, have dealt with the problems identified. Reference was made to lead pipes. The lead pipes are located on the house side.

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