Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans for a Shannon to Dublin pipeline; the alternatives being considered; and the progress reached in considering the proposals. [23166/20]

Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration is being given to the development of a desalination plant based in the Irish Sea to provide additional water supply to the greater Dublin region as an alternative to the Shannon to Dublin pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23167/20]

Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ecological impact of a Shannon to Dublin pipeline on the River Shannon and the lands and habitat surrounding it; the assessments that have been made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23168/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 65, 66 and 67 together.I propose to take Questions Nos 65,66 and 67 together.

These are matters for Irish Water under Section 7 of the Water Services (No2) Act 2019. Irish Water is under the remit of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government and, as such, I have no function in relation to the matters raised.