Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy seems to know more than I do about selective leaking in regard to this particular issue. I do not believe we should be selectively leaking anything. The debate we had last week, as a result of selective leaks, also skewed a debate inappropriately. I would be a fan of more transparency and, when reports are put together, of publishing reports in full in order that people can get the context around issues as important as delivering safe public water supplies. We will have an opportunity to go into these issues in some detail in the debate tonight.

Something I hope this House will be able to do over the next nine months, because we will be debating water on many occasions between now and when this House votes on a way forward in terms of funding models, is to try to understand each other's perspectives and rely on informed opinion as reports are produced, particularly from the expert commission we are setting up which, when the Deputy sees its make-up, will see that it will be balanced and made up of credible people.

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