Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is welcome that the Government recently recommitted to the SDGs, as the Taoiseach outlined, with the launch of the new national implementation plan up to 2024. I wish to speak about two goals. Goal 6 concerns clean water and sanitation, which speaks to an issue in my constituency of Dublin Bay South. I welcomed the recent announcement by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, that water quality monitoring would now take place year-round, in response to an ongoing campaign I have been running along with Deputy Carroll MacNeill. It is very welcome. In the interest of public health and goal 6, will the Government now inform swimmers about how to ensure safety in water as we see more and more recreational use of our water? I am taken with the Taoiseach's reminiscence about the cinema. It has been a long time since I went to the cinema but we can see an advertising campaign "brought to you by the Government of Ireland", informing people about water safety. I met Water Safety Ireland recently in Galway and it has some great creative advertising campaigns that deserve more support.

I refer also to goal 7 on affordable and clean energy-----

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