Frank Feighan (Fine Gael)

It is worrying that the EU Commission will issue a final legal warning to the Government today over its failure to comply with EU law to provide clean water to its citizens. It also threatens the Government with a fine of a multimillion sum over two previous rulings by the European Court of Justice. I request the Leader to ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to come to the House today to explain the position. This is a first world economy but people in parts of the country have to boil drinking water. Despite the funding that has been invested in various water schemes, it is worrying that many of them throughout the country do not provide clean water. The Minister should come to the House to explain this serious problem.