Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is pertinent to the Bill we are taking on Friday.

On Monday, we heard, with great fanfare, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government announce that 25% of the jobs to be created by water metering would be given to the unemployed and local small businesses. However, I have a letter in my possession from a small business-----

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