Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I did not realise Deputy Keating was running the show. I am entitled to speak.

To return to the money from the Department that is to be repaid - a point raised by Deputy Robert Troy in an earlier discussion - from where will the money needed to repair the pipes come? The pipes should have been repaired in the first instance. The Government has created a monster without a single pipe being repaired. It seems not one penny will be available to repair pipes because all of the money will have been wasted on bonuses. The trade unions have stated Irish Water staff want their bonuses. The Government has completely lost the plot. Backbench Deputies on the other side were in a coma and did not open their mouths about the issue, choosing to remain silent when the House debated and voted on it.

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