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

On the point made by Deputy Perry, although that may be the case with all utilities as the Comptroller and Auditor General has said, there is an opinion, which I share, that Irish Water should come under the Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General. I think it is a flaw in the legislation that it was allowed to pass without being put under the control of the Comptroller and Auditor General. We will learn to regret that in future, particularly when we are accounting for the vast sums of taxpayers' money that have gone into the system.