asked the Minister for Local Government if he will state whether recent investigations have been carried out regarding the purity and suitability for human consumption of the water supply in the townlands of Tour, Gurthnackeha, Barnadomany, Reabeg and Shanballyedmond, County Tipperary, and what steps have been taken by the local authority to ensure that the health interests of people using this water supply would be safeguarded.

I am informed by the local sanitary authority that no recent analyses have been made of the wells supplying the areas mentioned. The county council has decided to erect pumps at these places.