John Whelan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

No. My point is that as the right time to do so was 20 years ago, we have no time to waste. It should not take the troika to tell us to do what is right. We are 50 years behind the rest of Europe on this issue and it is high time we proceeded on it. I commend the Minister of State for his work on this legislation, but I suggest to him, with respect, that we tie infrastructural investment with the supply of safe and clean water.