Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely, and that is fine, but when one loses the personal contact within the local authority it becomes an issue. Irish Water will always have to go back to the local authority anyway. Without a face that one can contact it becomes a problem. Perhaps we could look at some other way. I am aware that Irish Water has a Twitter hashtag and 1800 numbers, and I know the company is given media coverage, but Irish Water has been given a lot of funding over the years-----