Mary Henry (Independent)

I support Senator Kitt and Senator Ulick Burke in asking for an early debate on the EPA report on water supplies. Every year the public supplies come out very well, yet, despite a large amount of money being spent on private supplies, 25% of them are still contaminated by human faeces, which is disgusting. We should add to that debate the influence of the non-enforcement of regulations governing the cleaning of septic tanks in some areas. An additional factor is the influence of the increased building of one-off houses, all of which have septic tanks, despite the fact that engineers state that the soil in certain areas is unsuitable for such tanks.