Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will recall particularly well, the then Ministers knew nothing about a key element of the figures they were supposed to be supervising in government. Regardless of how we consider the conservation grant numbers in this section of the Bill, it seems that the €271 million is evaporating before our eyes like the 40% of water that is being wasted from the current delivery systems, as the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has indicated. We do not have a clue about what the real figures are with regard to the income or revenue from the domestic sector. The Minister, Deputy Kelly, can bet his life that this will be raised when we knock on the doors of the 1.65 million households in this country during the next general election campaign. In my own case, I think the number of households in the new Dublin Bay North constituency is 49,000. I know Deputy Stagg, who is sitting behind the Minister, will be assiduous in going to every one of the 50,000 or more houses in his constituency in County Kildare.

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