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

Do I get an extra 30 seconds to explain? All I will say is that you should be very careful when dealing with sash windows. The Irish Examiner reviewed the Cork city north-west ward on May 31 and included in its report the line "Big issues also include housing and rents, and - surprisingly in a modern city - delivery of clean tap water." It certainly proved to be an issue in the election. It came up at door after door. There was the man who had to lift his ten-year-old boy up to the sink to wash him with bottled water because he could not let him use the shower. There was the woman who said her water supply was so dirty and so discoloured that she would not give it to her dog and was now buying bottled water for one husband, three kids and one family dog. On 15 April, nearly two full months ago, the Tánaiste told Uisce Éireann he wanted to see a timeline for sorting this issue out. To my knowledge, no such timeline has been announced. Perhaps it is time for the Taoiseach to travel to Cork to meet Uisce Éireann because this cannot keep going the way it is going.

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