Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

-----and key players in Irish Water. In the light of the scandal around the huge sums of public money spent on consultants, will the Taoiseach agree that this is an extraordinary revelation? During Irish Water's first six months, from April to September 2012, 23 meetings took place between Bord Gáis and the Department but only ten were minuted. There were four meetings between the former Minister, Phil Hogan, and the Bord Gáis officials, two of them with the Bord Gáis chairwoman. It is certainly not creditable that meetings took place about the establishment of a major new public utility but no notes were taken at any of these meetings. Has the Taoiseach spoken to the former Minister, Phil Hogan, about this? Does he agree that this scenario is unacceptable? Will he also agree, given the issues at stake, that an Oireachtas inquiry into this entire matter is needed? Will he please answer my earlier two questions?

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