Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister keeps talking about the inferior system and blames the previous Government for doing nothing about it. Would it not have been better business for the Government to fix the leaks in the pipes before it put in meters? Surely it would have been a better business plan. When I put this to the Minister, Deputy Howlin, in 2012 he stated that the pipes would be fixed before meters were installed, but this is not what has happened.

A company is installing Irish Water meters. Does the Minister have any concerns that the subcontractors working for the main company pay their workers below the rate? Is it a concern for the State if it is employing a company which is in turn employing subcontractors whose workers are paid below the rate? Does the Minister have direct input to this?

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