Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My apologies a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I should finish because this section has been debated for more than four hours already. The majority of the people are losing confidence in the present water supply and water treatment system. Some 33 different systems do not work in the same way that we could not have 33 different ESB networks across the country. That would not work for supply electricity to people's homes. We would have the same problem if we tried to keep the present system going. Everybody in the House knows the present system is not working and that there is an issue around lack of funding. There has been much debate here about these issues but very little alternatives put forward on how we are supposed to fund it.

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