Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-15
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Roderic O'Gorman (GP), Dublin West

Yesterday the EPA published the Water Quality in Ireland Report 2019-2024, which shows only half of water bodies are in satisfactory ecological health. I have raised a specific instance of poor water quality with the Taoiseach in the past, namely, Lady's Island Lake in County Wexford. At the time he said he would personally intervene to see if we can get an action plan put together to start the process of reversing this. Senator Noonan and I met the Save Lady's Island Lake campaign group a couple of weeks ago and witnessed the impact of pollution on this lake. I understand an oversight group has been set up, but how do we move from oversight to real action that will improve water quality? The Save Lady's Island Lake campaign group are seeking monthly water quality testing on the lake to see if measures are working and they are seeking confirmed additional funding to help stakeholders, primarily farmers, meet the cost of measures to reduce the volume of nitrates entering the lake. Will the Taoiseach give us an update on the measures being taken to reduce pollution here?

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Sitting date: 2025-10-15