Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I return to the water issue. I ask the Minister to revisit the decision not to provide tankers. Some 600,000 people are affected, including many low-income families and elderly people. These people need water and cannot afford to buy bottled water. Has the Minister not met representatives of Irish Water face to face? I cannot get my head around the fact that this fault was identified on Monday evening and yet it took 24 hours for an alert to issue. They clearly were not ready for the impact of that alert. Has the Minister not met representatives of Irish Water? When was he informed about the fault?

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