Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 November 2014

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed)

 

6:55 pm

Photo of Paudie CoffeyPaudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The process associated with the investment programme was slow, bureaucratic and inefficient and, inevitably, each local authority prioritised its own needs without, in many cases, examining the potential for regional solutions to deliver economies of scale. Yesterday the Minister highlighted where that had got us and it is no harm to remind the House again. More than 20,000 people are on boil water notices and almost half of our water is unaccounted for. There are hundreds of kilometres of pipes in the system over 100 years old.

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