Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

On the points made by the last two speakers on the boil water notices, the Skeheenarinky-Burcourt area of south Tipperary is another area that has been subject to a boil water notice for many years. I want clarification from the Minister on it. What instructions has he given to Irish Water on boil water notices? When is it expected that people in the area, who have been subject to a boil water notice for years, will have some relief? A significant number of water-using households in the area are not subject to boil water notices, yet their water is completely undrinkable. It is deep brown or deep black coming out of the taps. What is the position on these households? They are not formally given boil water notices but the water coming through their taps is completely undrinkable and unusable. These people, like their neighbours on boil water notices, have been buying water for years. What is being done for them?

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