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

This money is being paid over, yet Mr. McCarthy does not have a forecast of how much will be paid to Irish Water, except that 70% of the potential customer base have responded and registered. Registration is one thing but collecting the money is another thing. Given that the bills went out in April, I would have expected, given that this is a new venture, that Irish Water would have at least been keeping Mr. McCarthy regularly informed of the response from the public in paying their bills.