Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I thank both bodies for appearing before the committee and their presentations. There are a few issues from our previous deliberations that we might address. In the first instance, on page 20 of the documentation, Mr. Tierney says he put in place an information service for Oireachtas Members and council members to ensure their information requests are responded to in a timely matter and that he will be supplying details of this service to Oireachtas Members this week. Will this include details of the €185 million in set-up costs and the €500 million for water meters raised as a commercial loan from the National Pensions Reserve Fund? There is a contradictory statement emanating from members of the Government on what information can flow in this regard. Why can we not be told today what we will be told later this week? What is the reason for the delay? What is the arrangement that will be in place? Does Mr. Tierney wish to respond now?