This morning, on "Morning Ireland", we heard Mr. Cian McCormack talk to representatives of the EPA and Irish Water about the latest drinking water survey, which states 121 supplies need remedial action. Let us hope Irish Water is working on this issue in order that people will see a difference quickly.

On a related matter, a report in the Sunday Independent by Mr. Jim Cusack highlighted that fuel smugglers were pumping massively toxic waste linked with cancers and abnormalities in unborn babies into water supplies in the Republic. A sample of water taken by the Sunday Independent last week was shown to contain 8,000 times more chemical pollution than clean drinking water. This toxic waste is being pumped directly into streams that feed directly into the River Finn drinking water system. The issue was discussed at Louth County Council yesterday, when a motion put forward by Councillor John McGahon condemning such activity was passed. It is a pity that Sinn Féin councillors did not feel they could support it.

That is not a surprise.

Thankfully, tests by Louth County Council-----

Is the Senator seeking a debate on the issue?

I ask the Cathaoirleach to give me 30 seconds more. Tests by Louth County Council indicate that the water supply for Dundalk is not yet affected, but surely it is only a matter of time before it is. As people, particularly children and young babies, are at risk owing to this contamination, I ask the Leader to invite the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Simon Harris, to come to the House as a matter of the greatest urgency to comment on these happenings and the issue of diesel laundering in general. I also ask the Minister of State, in his role as Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, to commission and produce a report on the level of toxicity in the streams and shucks of south Armagh and north Louth in conjunction with the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland.