Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

When are my constituents going to be able to turn on their taps and not be fearful that orange water will come out? When are my constituents going to be able to turn on their taps and there not be a good chance that brown, discoloured, or dirty water will come out? When is Uisce Éireann going to stop making excuses about this situation and set out a plan for solving this problem? When is the Government going to stop standing idly by and do something to sort this mess out? I will keep going with a few more questions. When are my constituents going to stop having their laundry ruined by discoloured water? When are my constituents going to stop having their washing machines wrecked by discoloured water? When are people in Cork going to stop having their dishwashers ruined by discoloured water and when are people going to be able to stop spending €20 a week, €1,000 a year, on bottled water in a cost-of-living crisis because they are nervous about what is coming out of their taps, especially for their kids?

The Government has three Cork Ministers at the Cabinet table. Micheál Martin has been very quiet about all of this. Simon Coveney has been very quiet about all of this. Michael McGrath has been very quiet about it as well. It is not just me who is asking these questions. Thousands of my constituents are asking the very same questions. This is an election year and the Minister of State and his Government would want to start providing a few answers to my constituents very damn soon.

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