Water Quality.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 June 2004

Wednesday, 2 June 2004

Questions (266)

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

256 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the quality of domestic drinking water meets international standards; and the areas deficient in this regard. [16821/04]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Cullen)

I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 376 on 25 May.

Statutory responsibility for the provision of drinking water, in compliance with prescribed quality standards, is assigned to local sanitary authorities under the general supervision of the EPA. Detailed information on the quality of drinking water is available in the EPA reports published annually entitled The Quality of Drinking Water in Ireland. The 2002 report is available in the Oireachtas Library and it is the most recent one.