Robert Dowds (Dublin Mid West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The reason I have submitted the questions is I have real concerns about whether Irish Water will be able to be up and running next year because of the huge complexity of what it is undertaking. From what I can find out, it is trying to make this jump in a much shorter time than other organisations such as Northern Ireland Water which has been doing it for a period of 40 years.

Another question I asked was how Irish Water intended to interact with local authorities on water issues.