Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-03
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

I will certainly take it into account. My understanding is that the political agreement about managing water recognised that we will continue to have private water schemes and group water schemes. I recall some of the analysis of it stated that they sometimes have the greatest difficulties. It is not as if they will all completely switch to the Irish Water system, but they have to be included and managed in a way that avoids pollution problems and all the other problems that come with it.
One thing that this feeds into is the question of the future of Galway County Council and Galway City Council and a potential merger of the two, which may help with the management of our water management system. Water does not know boundaries. It tends to go from city to county and getting the strength of our local government back to assist local communities, even where they are not taken in charge, to make sure standards are applied and resources are available might be one way we can help this particular situation.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-03