Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

----to pump it into leaky pipes in Dublin. I have nothing against the people in Dublin, in case someone would think I have, but there is 50% of the water leaking in Dublin. When it leaks out, when there are outages and everything else, obviously, other commodities leak back in. Some of them are very unsavoury. I have a bit of experience in this work and I know what I am talking about. It is not very nice. I am shocked at the Green Party having put this project to bed because of the runaway costs there will be and because of the damage it will do to the environment to bring that massive construction right through the length of the country. It will be of no benefit to any of the areas that it is passing through that have water shortages and outages. There are plenty of sources around Dublin. There are wells, supplies, under supplies and everything, for instance, Poulaphouca, if they are looked after properly. Ghana was able to repair the leaks in its capital city and we cannot do so. We had an ideal opportunity during lockdown when there was no one on the streets but there is no effort to do it. We must be fair to all the people.

I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his latitude.

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