Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I believe the Minister is aware that his response was mostly information we already have been sent by Irish Water. He said that Irish Water is seeing improvements in most of these areas - with the exception of Fethard and the greater Dublin area supplies - and expects that most issues will be resolved by the end of the week. What does that say to the thousands of people who are either without water or are on severely restricted supplies and who do not know when it will be back in operation? What does that say to the 1.2 million people in the greater Dublin area, except that the Minister does not know when it will be resolved?

Others have noted that people will be patient. They are aware of the severe weather and are complimentary about the staff and the Trojan work they have done but their patience is not infinite. They deserve an explanation, a timeline and an idea as to when their water supply will be restored.

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