Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

All the Fine Gael and Labour Party Deputies voted for the legislation the Government has introduced and which it has hollowed out. Will they march through the lobbies again later today voting for exactly the same thing? All the fine, self-congratulatory praise the Government heaped upon itself was echoed in the debate just before Christmas. The whole Irish Water saga has been marked by a series of debacles. It took the appearance of the CEO of Irish Water, John Tierney, on a radio show - I think it was “Today with Sean O’Rourke” - to acknowledge that €50 million of the establishment costs of Irish Water had gone into the pockets of consultants. That information was never divulged here. So much for political reform, transparency and accountability. Later, it emerged that the real figure was €86 million. The entire fiasco has been a waste of public money, taxpayers' money, Paddy's money, the money belonging to the people.

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