Results 4,141-4,160 of 5,583 for speaker:Paul McAuliffe
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Unfortunately, that happened after the health of 900,000 people was put at risk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Yes, of course.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Just a short question, Deputy Gould.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: The witnesses might come back to the Deputy in writing or, if they have an opportunity to do so, later in the session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Unfortunately, we are short on time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: We will move on to the Green group.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Do you wish to take this speaking slot?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: We will move on to the Labour Party slot. Apologies have been received from Senator Moynihan. Moving on to the Social Democrats, I call Deputy Cian O’Callaghan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Deputy O'Callaghan did not go beyond his five minutes, for which I thank him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: We have reached the end of the first round. Senator Garvey and Deputy O'Donoghue were due to be called during it. With members' permission, I will ask them to contribute before we proceed to the second round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: I advise the Senator there are just two minutes left in the slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank Deputy Duffy. I now ask for any speakers to indicate. Deputy Ó Broin has indicated. Anybody else can indicate online as well. Deputy Ó Broin, I will give you the floor. I also want to give you the Chair for five minutes as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Make your call.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. Minihan. I think it is important that we allow all that on the record of the House. I will continue this line of questioning. Is it correct to say that unless Irish Water had been doing the testing on the separate sludge facility, it is likely that the issue in Ballymore Eustace would not have been identified?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: In many ways it was pure coincidence that Irish Water was doing works at that location and decided to test the front end of facility.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Had that testing not been taking place, when is it likely that it would otherwise have been picked up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: In the second part of my slot, I would like to raise a disconnected issue, although it does have some connection. We have seen here a case of an accidental incident, where water quality was impacted. One could say that security at any of the water treatment facilities is at a minimal level. Taking the Ballymore Eustace plant as a particular example, because it serves nearly 700,000 people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: Obviously a deliberate breach would subsequently come into the remit of the EPA. Would that be fair to say?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: I thank Dr. Minihan. Our final speaker is Deputy Cormac Devlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Quality and Infrastructure: Environmental Protection Agency (14 Oct 2021)
Paul McAuliffe: We have actually reached the end of our time, so I will ask Dr. Minihan to conclude quickly.