Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-11-16
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Peter Burke (FG), Longford-Westmeath

The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that while several thousand abstract between 10 cu. m and 25 cu. m, these represent between 1.5% of the total water abstracted in Ireland. Regarding abstraction covered by the legislation, we are very clear that 99%-----

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Sitting date: 2022-11-16