John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and Deputies from Dublin with Irish Water and I have no problem facilitating that.

I fully agree with the Deputy's points regarding the amount of water that is wasted. A huge amount of time has been devoted to that subject in this Chamber over the past five or six years. It is equally important to point out that Irish Water has made significant improvements in certain parts of the country, as the Deputy is aware. There has been a 20% reduction in the amount of treated water going straight into the ground. The improvements are still not enough and the Deputy knows as well as do I that there are parts of the city and country with water infrastructure that is completely outdated, leaking and unsuitable for the future.

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