Sara Venning, the chief executive of NI Water, appeared before Stormont’s Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday.

The EPA has found that the quality of waterways in Ireland is falling

More than 8 out of 10 Irish respondents also feel reducing fossil fuel imports from outside the EU will improve energy security and benefit the EU economically.

Port state control inspection documents from July last year show Irish officials found 10 deficiencies with Solong.

The data showed that during the sampling period, 49.4 per cent of days exceeded World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines of the harmful pollutant