Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Clonakilty is a beautiful and delightful west Cork town with a wonderful quality of life. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan has been raising this issue with me for some months now and has outlined and articulated the problem. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, is also engaging with Irish Water on this issue, which seems to be a different scheme from the one the Deputy is talking about. Irish Water is talking about a major connection between Bandon, I think, and Clonakilty and says the length of time that will take is considerable. There are a number of towns in west Cork that will be similarly impacted with respect to the speed of getting connections and so on. Therefore, we will engage with Irish Water on this question.

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