Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I raise the report that was published this morning on the 51 private water connections where E. coli was found. This is very serious. I realise that at this stage many houses and group schemes are on the main connection but Irish Water will have to investigate all of the connections. The report states that more than 700 connections were not assessed. This is very important because E. coli is so dangerous, particularly for younger children. A family not too far from me had to leave their home recently because of E. coli in the connection to the water system in the new house they bought. They had a private system but the entire connection was in a very bad state. I ask the Minister to call on Irish Water to investigate every connection.