John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The matter was not raised at a meeting of the committee. Representatives of Irish Water appeared before the committee some time ago. I believe the letter also refers to the Poolbeg incinerator project. Deputy Eoghan Murphy and other Deputies had asked whether the committee could investigate the money spent on the project and sought a report on the issue. We received a report from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on its audit of the project and it was proposed to return to the issue. While the committee discussed Irish Water in the context of the Poolbeg incinerator project, nothing materialised from these discussions until officials from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government appeared before us. I did not see the letter to which Deputy Ross refers until this morning.