Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. People who would be contemplated under the terms of the legislation would certainly be obliged to register. For the time being, Irish Water will be a national monopoly and there would be no commercial disadvantage to this information being made known. Some time ago, the Minister refused to allow Irish Water to be included under the freedom of information legislation. Subsequently, he was obliged to have it included. He also refused to have it included under the legislation relating to the Ombudsman and I believe he has also been obliged to row back in that regard. I become confused as a result of the different U-turns being made but I understand that both of the matters to which I refer have been dealt with.