Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Water: Fiscal Council Report

Debate contribution by Mr Matthew O'Toole on 16 June 2025.

MLA: Mr Matthew O'Toole
Party at the time: Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date: 16 June 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Northern Ireland Water: Fiscal Council Report
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5010638

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With respect, Minister, you have some neck asking the Opposition what their plan for NI Water is. For the past 15 months, you have been the Infrastructure Minister and then the Finance Minister. You have not brought forward a plan, Minister, so do not throw it back to the Opposition. Lough Neagh, which is our biggest natural resource, has become an open-air sewer; we cannot build social homes; and, last September, in your constituency and in your own house, Minister, you admitted that there was an unpleasant smell coming from the tap water. What will finally prompt you and the Executive to take action on our water crisis?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1421/22-27.

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