Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am aware, given somebody provided me with the details, of the situation in Thurles the other night. It was particularly acute, as I understand it, with water coming up through the mains and flooding that way. It is a significant issue, not just in Thurles. There are an estimated 2,350 storm water overflows in our wastewater system and there are similar circumstances in many of them, albeit not as acute as what happened in Thurles the other day. I will pass on to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, who is responsible for Irish Water and local authorities, the details the Deputy provided. We need to look to do whatever we can to respond to what I believe was a significant and severe incident of this combining of storm waters and wastewater.

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