Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

His concern ought to be with clean water for the public, and sufficient water to provide for the country's industrial, economic, tourism and agricultural needs. As his party's spokesperson on environmental issues, I am sure Deputy Cowen is aware that the greater Dublin area is living on the edge as regards water supplies. We know what happened some years ago in County Galway and Galway city when one of the key tourism and agricultural regions all but closed down due to the lack of-----

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