Ciarán Ahern (Dublin South West, Labour)

I appreciate the acknowledgment from Uisce Éireann that the service over the Easter weekend was not up to scratch and not acceptable. It is really just not fair to be asking people to put up with these inevitable outages again and again between now and whenever the planned works take place. I appreciate that carrying out an upgrade on the pipes themselves is a more significant body of work, but the residents are concerned that if the existing pipes are left in place, regardless of any pressure management systems or reconfiguration that might occur in the near future, and given the age and condition of the pipes, it just will not solve the problem and they will be condemned to regular water outages.

Again, is there any possibility of getting a timeline for the reports that Uisce Éireann is doing on these pipes and when it will be in a position first of all to do the short-term remedial work and then to replace the broader pipe network in the area?

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