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

The title of this session is Leaders' Questions not leaders not answering the questions. The Minister did not answer the Sinn Féin question. He did not answer the Labour Party question and he is not answering the simple questions I put to him. I will repeat them. Will he simply and clearly tell the Dáil and the people who have been directly affected by this that this situation is completely unacceptable? He did not answer that question. He must answer it now and say that it is completely unacceptable. Second, will he say that Uisce Éireann must now outline a plan - not firefighting or flushing - to resolve the problem, explain it clearly to the people of Cork and explain a timeframe for doing it? Those are my two simple requests.

On privatisation, yes, the Government did not privatise Uisce Éireann, but it is going with so many private contracts that it is heading towards de facto privatisation of our water system. The Minister knows that and that is the root of the problem. Will he please answer the questions I asked him?

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