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How much of Ireland's treated drinking water is lost in leaks? It's the week in numbers

Plus: The number of people who have applied for audience tickets for the Late Late Toy Show.

EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.

€165,000: The fine handed down by the National Transport Authority to Dublin Bus for failing to meet contractual punctuality targets during the first half of the year.

43: The percentage of Ireland’s treated drinking water that is lost in leaks throughout its piping system. 

1: The number of months that RTÉ’s longwave radio service was off the air while ‘remedial work’ was carried out. 

14: The number of days that actress Felicity Huffman will spend in prison for her part in the college admissions scandal. She reported to a federal prison in California this week to serve her sentence. 

€462,000: The average amount of money the State has paid hotels and guesthouses per week to house the soaring numbers of asylum seekers in emergency accommodation.

28: The number of years that Penneys in Rathfarnham was in business before its closure was announced this week.

90,000: The number of people who have applied for audience tickets for the Late Late Toy Show in the last week. 

69: The percentage of Irish people who believed a Brexit deal wouldn’t be reached this week. 

12,201: The number of complaints that Bus Éireann received from customers last year. 

200: The number of workers that Bord na Móna plans to redeploy as it embarks on a programme of rehabilitation of bogs in the midlands.

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    Mute LittleBee
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    Oct 19th 2019, 8:09 PM

    I’ve tested my water and there is lead in it. Anyone know how I go about reporting it or will I just get fobbed off.

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    Oct 19th 2019, 8:11 PM
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    Oct 19th 2019, 9:06 PM

    @LittleBee: yes and you might find asbestos to providing you perform the correct chemical analysis.

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    Oct 19th 2019, 9:51 PM

    @Godsmack – I Stand Al-Eoin: very interesting thank you. My house was built in around the early 80s so I dont think we have internal lead pipes so I wonder if the work will be done completely free.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 2:08 AM

    @LittleBee: Stats being used to get water tax eventually implemented. First two tranches of which wont be for water.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 3:54 PM

    @LittleBee: Until you get it sorted, you should use a filter jug for all ingested water. It will remove heavy metals.

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    Oct 19th 2019, 8:15 PM

    Does €462,000 that include all the social welfare payments made to the homeless who stay in hostels.

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    Oct 20th 2019, 6:54 AM

    Don’t understand your post. Are you suggesting homeless people given emergency accommodation shouldn’t get social welfare payments? The article says Hotels and Guest Houses so it refers to accommodation provided without any other supports

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    Oct 20th 2019, 7:48 AM

    @MyBrokenKnees: I challenge you to go find adequate housing on what social welfare pays. Landlords shy away from accepting HAP. Walk a mile in their shoes. By the way, not everyone receiving social welfare is on it just for fun.

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