Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

If I may contribute on that point, parts of semi-state companies will be monopolies. The State will retain ownership of the electricity grid and the gas network. This is an important issue which was raised by the Chairman and by the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht. Irish Water will be a monopoly without competition. It is important that Irish Water be subject to freedom of information.