Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The threat to, and cost of, the provision of safe drinking water affects every human being. We are reliant on the disposal of our wastewater, which is a major challenge to our local authorities. Are these to be dealt with as one as they are closely linked? By ensuring we have safe drinking water, can we also upgrade our wastewater facilities, including the provision of constructed wetlands to provide a solution for rural Ireland? The vast majority of our villages, for example in County Kerry, are unsewered. If the wastewater problem in Kerry was solved, would our safe water supply not be much easier to deliver? Constructed wetlands are a much cheaper solution and much speedier to deliver.

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