Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52277/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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I have no direct statutory responsibility for the investigation of specific water pollution issues as this area is a matter for the relevant local authority pursuant to the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977, as amended.  The Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, as amended, is responsible for the supervision generally of local authorities in this respect.

However, in relation to the specific matter raised, I understand that the relevant local authority has, at the request of the National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group (NPDWAG), established a local inter-agency action group, comprising the main stakeholders, to consider and agree a collaborative and consistent set of actions and communications regarding pesticides within the wider river catchment. The local authority is available to provide further information on this initiative.