Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is a disingenuous proposition to put to this House, as the Taoiseach has done today, that somehow information will be available to Members when they ask questions, or through freedom of information requests. When the Act was published there was a conscious decision to exclude Irish Water from its parameters. The Taoiseach also needs to confirm that the 34 local authorities will continue to provide the water service for the next 12 years. People will be angry when they will have to pay for this excess through their water charges.

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