Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Taoiseach's commitment to monitor the position on the access of the container through Irish ports. As Ireland cannot become an easy target for human trafficking, I welcome the commitment.

Coming back to the Irish Water issue, the Taoiseach has said the fault was identified on Monday evening, but it took 24 hours for a boil water notice to be issued to so many people. If the fault was identified on Monday evening, there was time to put plans in place for contingency planning, to provide information and engage in communication. The Taoiseach has said the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is keeping in touch with Irish Water. Is he being a little more proactive? Has he met Irish Water management and regional management? If it takes 48 hours for the water to pass through, does that mean the period of 48 hours runs from Monday evening? My party and I fully accept and support making health a priority, but ahead of a bank holiday weekend people will want information. They will want certainty on the water supply ahead of any weekend but, in particular, ahead of a bank holiday weekend. We need more information and certainty than what we are getting.

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