Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, the Minister has referred to a decision made in 2014 that contravened the terms of previous legislation, the debate on which was guillotined in this Chamber last December and which set out the authority for Irish Water to take on board assets and liabilities. It was then decided in May 2014 that this would not be the case and that the liabilities would not be taken on board by Irish Water. Would this not have required legislation to be passed in this House?

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