Ciarán Cuffe
Ceist:705 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the number of random audits of those sanitary authorities not in full compliance with the EU MAC for aluminium, which have been completed in 2002 and to the end of April 2003, in view of the Environmental Protection Agency's last two annual reports, which have each highlighted the widespread non-compliance of most sanitary authorities with the EU MAC for aluminium, the growing concerns regarding the role of aluminium in relation to Alzheimer's, and the recommendation by an international expert body that aluminium in drinking water should be less than 0.05mg/1; the number of supplies with properly verified documented management systems approach to the management of treatment plants completed for inspection by the EPA in 2002 and to the end of April 2003; and the way in which the recently announced funding for a major new water conservation programme will address the urgent countrywide problem of aluminium exceedances. [15298/03]