Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and the incredible work being done by Irish Water and its crews, day in and day out, to get water restored to hospitals, to schools and to people with very difficult illnesses who require care at home. Irish Water is doing tremendous work. It is good to see Deputies supporting Irish Water. There is significant investment in Irish Water to allow it to upgrade infrastructure, to build new treatment plants and new wastewater treatment plants. This commitment was extended to 2027 in the national development plan. The funding is there. Significant funding is in place and plans are under way to protect our water infrastructure and to improve our water system.

It is important to note that where one does not have to pay for a utility, one does not respect that utility and one will waste that utility. This is as true for water as it would be for electricity. In difficult times, such as those we are experiencing at the moment, there is more demand on a service and its costs more to fix that service. There is a link between the two.

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