Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said to Deputy Martin, the regulator has instructed that it reduce its costs by €170 million, some 8%, between now and 2016.

I do not share Deputy O'Dowd's view about Irish Water. I have to admit there certainly were teething problems, both in respect of the perception of the spend on this and the breakdown of that detail, and the inability in many cases to communicate the message very clearly in the beginning. That is all changing. Government will continue to roll out proposals to make Irish Water a really important fundamental State entity, held in public ownership, to deal with the inadequacy of the water infrastructure we have had for many years.

Deputy Adams knows this. Does he want the people in this city and its greater region to be on a knife's edge from day to day in respect of water supply and water facilities? The Deputy saw what happened when we had the virus at Ballymore Eustice and hundreds of thousands of people with an inadequate water supply had to turn off the taps at night because of that situation. The Deputy is now saying they do not have to pay for anything, it is only a cost of €850 million-----

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