Departmental Policies
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-22
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Mick Barry (PBP), Cork North-Central

Last week, I showed the Taoiseach the horrible, discoloured water the residents of Mount Farran in Blackpool on the northside of Cork city were having to put up with. When I put the video of our exchange up on my social media, I got messages from people in Gurranabraher, the Glen, Mayfield, Spring Lane, Dublin Hill, Ballyvolane, Shanakiel, Blarney Street, Wellington Road and elsewhere, to say they have had that too. One woman said her water used to be like Tanora but now it was like Beamish. This weekend, the Mount Farran residents had a brief respite. Hopes were raised a wee bit but they were dashed this morning as it was back again as bad as ever. I understand the residents are now writing to the regional operations manager for Uisce Éireann in the south west to request a face-to-face meeting with the company's executives in Cork. This is a fair request and it should be granted. What is the Taoiseach's own opinion on that? Does he think that after three full months of more or less non-stop discoloured water for these residents, local Uisce Éireann management should grant their formal, simple request for a sit-down meeting?

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Sitting date: 2024-10-22