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

In terms of a timeline, the longer-term response will take in the pumping station, the Thomastown reservoir and the interconnection between Dublin city and Fingal. Local authority boundaries correspond with district electoral divisions and are not necessarily natural geographic boundaries, so gains may be made. The shorter-term response is that Fingal County Council and Irish Water are looking at the possibility of network configuration for the areas worst affected, namely, those on the extremities of the network. I do not have a specific timeframe but I will endeavour to get it.

Deputy Daly mentioned the Thomastown aquifer and it is not in the documentation but I will certainly bring it back to the officials. It is interesting that all Deputies agree that this is not a completely new matter as there have been problems on the extremities of Skerries for a long time before the recent dry spell, as Deputy Brendan Ryan notes. I have heard Members' comments on timeframes and I have been told that Irish Water and Fingal County Council are investigating right now the possibility of network configuration for those worst affected areas. In the medium term the actions will concern the interconnection between Dublin city and Fingal and the boosting of the reservoir in Thomastown, as well as the aquifer.

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