Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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209. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the company that undertook the national audit of the fluoridation process at water treatment plants commissioned by the Irish Expert Group on Fluorides and Health in 2008/2009; and the full operational and labour costs excluding chemicals associated with the 250 water fluoridation plants nationally [24878/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The name of the company that undertook the national audit of the fluoridation process at water treatment plants commissioned by the Irish Expert Group on Fluorides and Health in 2008/2009 is Tobin Consultancy Engineers. The annual budget for the full operational and labour costs excluding chemicals associated with the 250 water fluoridation plants nationally is €2.2 million.

Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 15 May 2013, the exact nature of the capital costs specified for the small sized plants; and if the figure given for the larger plant related to the cost of a complete new facility or the replacement of equipment [24879/13]

Alex White (Dublin South, Labour)
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The costs of €4,426 relate to the installation of dosing pipe work. The costs of €14,450 relate to the installation of the bulk tank, bulk tank bund, bulk tank seal, bulk tank level indicator, bulk tank security, day tank, day tank bund, day tank bund seal, weighing scales, dosing pump, transfer pump, dead man's handle, transfer pipe work, transfer pipe work security, dosing pipe work, coupling point, coupling point bund, ventilation of day tank, ventilation of bulk tank, light fittings and shower unit available adjacent to day tank room.

The costs of €25,286 relate to the installation of bulk tank, bulk tank bund, bulk tank level indicator and alarm, day tank, day tank bund, day tank electronic measurement, dosing pump, dosing pump bund, transfer pump, transfer pump bund, dead man’s handle, civil costs for kiosk, electrical control system, ventilation of bulk tank, ventilation of day tank, mechanical installation costs, electrical installation costs, control system costs and fluoride residual monitor. The figure given for the larger plant (€621,192) relates to the cost of a total refurbishment of the existing water treatment plant which included the installation of a completely new fluoride dosing system.