asked the Minister for Local Government if he is aware of the fact that residents at Monastery Road, Enniskerry, County Wicklow, are gravely dissatisfied with the position regarding the water supply to that area because (a) a number of dwellings have no piped water supply with the result that residents have to fetch water from an unsatisfactory source and carry it long distances, and (b) the water supplied by pipes to some of the residences is dirty and discoloured and is, in the view of a number of people, unfit for drinking, owing apparently to the laying of old and rusty pipes between Enniskerry and the Monastery Cross and, if so, what steps he will take to investigate these complaints, and to require the local authority to give an adequate and clean piped water supply to all the dwellings in question.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Monastery Road (Enniskerry) Water Supply.
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I am not so aware. I am having the complaint as regards the quality of the water investigated and I will inform the Deputy of the outcome in due course. The provision of a piped water supply for the dwellings in the area which are not at present connected to the main is a matter for consideration by the sanitary authority in the first instance and I will arrange to have the Deputy's representations in this regard conveyed to them.