Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is very positive. That is a big jump from 2029 to 2025. I cannot wait to tell the people of north Clare who have been volunteering to try to clean the beaches and do the water testing, some of whom have gotten sick themselves, including my friend's child who got kidney failure and nearly died. That is, therefore, really positive.

Uisce Éireann has to up its game when it comes to citizens and engagement because people never know what is going on. People from Milltown Malbay are always losing their water and they ring me because there is nobody on the council or in Irish Water to ask what is going on and answer as to why they do not have water or when they will get it back. There is a communication issue. If State agencies could just improve their communication, it would make people's lives much less stressful. They get so stressed out because they cannot find out for how long the water will be gone or what the problem is and why it is brown for so long. I do my best to try to find out but sometimes I do not know if it is the local authority or Irish Water I should be talking to either. I know it is taking over but during this transition, it seems to be chaotic. Irish Water has done a lot better. We have done much more as a Government in the past three years than we have seen probably in the past 40 years. We are, therefore, improving. It is great to have positive news about the Lahinch and Ennistymon treatment plant today. I thank the Minister of State for that.