Brian Ó Domhnaill (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is my understanding that there was approximately €2 million in bonus payments. If it is the case that people received lump sum payments, are now employed by Irish Water and are in receipt of €2 million of bonus payments, it is must be the only organisation in the world where staff are receiving bonus payments before a single cent is transacted. I have never heard of an organisation anywhere in the world where that is allowed. That is allowed under the watch of this Government because it has given the scope to organise, under legislation and under the aegis of Bord Gáis, and to do whatever it wants. The Government has given a quango the power to do whatever it wants. It is a runaway train. The Government has no control over it. We said it here during the debates but the Ministers did not listen. It was rammed through this House and through the Dáil.