Water Quality
Seanad Éireann — 2023-06-28
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Róisín Garvey (GP), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I thank the Minister of State for his response. Are those 57 additional staff for the EPA or the local authorities? The Minister of State referred to 21 additional inspection posts. We have 30 local authorities so I do not see how that works because we need at least one per county, if not seven. I am curious. We have annual or biannual meetings with the CEO and director of services. I would love to know how many CEOs in the CCMA and local authorities have requested supports because it has never come up in the meetings we have had with our CEO. I am curious as to who is driving this. Who cares about water quality in Ireland? I wonder sometimes.

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Sitting date: 2023-06-28