Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. As he knows, in May, Irish Water produced a report, although it did not publish it but selectively leaked aspects of it to a number of newspapers, which estimated that the cost of the abolition of Irish Water would be in the region of €7 billion. I am interested to know if the Minister has seen its report or its figures, which are hugely different from the several billion euro the Minister has outlined here. As the new Minister, does he believe it is appropriate for Irish Water to leak information selectively which, clearly from his Department's figures and those of the Department of Finance, are at great variance? Is that something he believes he, as the new Minister, should discuss with Irish Water to ensure this type of behaviour from it is not repeated?

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