Denis Landy (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have always opposed it. I would like to examine the logic of the argument that we should do nothing and just let the system sail on. In such circumstances, raw sewage will continue to flow into the rivers that go through 42 towns in this country. Lakes will continue to be contaminated. Some 20,000 people in Roscommon will continue to be on boil water notices, with nothing being done about it. That was the attitude of previous Administrations. Nothing was done about it. In my area of County Tipperary, the Fethard-Burncourt improvement scheme was on the books for approximately 25 years until this Government took it on and provided the funding.