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

The Seanad has voted for a referendum to prohibit the privatisation of Irish Water. My understanding is that the Labour Party has supported that call. I put to the Taoiseach the urgent need for the Government to give time to the House to discuss Irish Water. The legislation was guillotined and there is a need to bring not just clarity but openness to all of the issues pertaining to Irish Water. No programme of investment or prioritisation has been outlined to the House. There has been no clarity on the level of revenue required to enable the Government to borrow off balance sheet. I have never been given that figure and Deputy Cowen has been asking for a year for a swathe of information.

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