Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a water issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47533/18]

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the connection of houses in an area (details supplied) to the lower harbour drainage scheme. [47534/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together.

Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of the planning, delivery and operation of water and wastewater services at national, regional and local levels. As Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, I have no direct role in relation to the planning, delivery and operation of water and wastewater services, and I must respect the statutory authority that the Oireachtas has conferred on Irish Water in this regard.

However, I understand that the public water supply has been fully restored to the Belvelly area in recent days. I appreciate that some residents may still have concerns about water quality issues in the area and my colleague, Minister of State John Paul Phelan, undertook, in the context of a Topical Issue debate, to revert to the Deputy in the matter.

The Deputy, can, of course, also raise any outstanding matters with the dedicated team established by Irish Water to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. The team can be contacted via email to oireachtasmembers@water.ie or by telephone on a dedicated number, 1890 578 578.