Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are an awful lot of issues I would like to discuss but I will raise a local issue this morning regarding Irish Water. The people of the Cooley Peninsula have been struggling with water pressure. I have been ignored by Irish Water for nearly two years now. I am not getting any help or assistance and have been gaslit, which I suppose is the popular word, by the organisation, which told me it was going to raise pressure and did not do so. There are people in the Cooley Peninsula who cannot even work their showers because Irish Water does not know where the leaks are. It will not turn up the water pressure because of leaks. I believe this is happening around the country.I hope that Irish Water will start listening to people when people contact them. Multiples of people who live in the area of the Cooley Peninsula and around the country have asked Irish Water to raise the water pressure and have emphasised it is not a domestic issue. Irish Water has a policy of reducing water pressure to prevent leaks but I am afraid that such a policy is no good if people cannot use showers or it takes five minutes to fill a kettle.