Water Quality
Dail Éireann — 2023-07-04
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

I did not intend to read out the email address or phone number because I suspected people were already well aware of them, they would be of little assistance in circumstances where a seven-year boil notice was in effect, and that it probably was not the most efficient way of communicating. If it is an on-off thing, I suggest that an app on mobile phones that everybody is plugged into is a much more effective way of providing information, in a proactive way, to actually assist people who need to know whether a boil notice is in effect.
Not everything in Dublin is perfect. I come from Dún Laoghaire where we have a very Victorian water system that has many complications, but we do not suffer from the same ongoing issue as the people of east Cork suffer in this regard. I will not set out Uisce Éireann's primary function to provide clean, safe drinking water to customers to a Deputy who is representing constituents who have not experienced that for the past period. It is a matter of urgency that this issue be resolved to make sure that people have clean water.

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Sitting date: 2023-07-04