Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Whatever our disagreements - I will come to Senator Denis Landy and the Labour Party - we all agree that this is an important development and appreciate the need to protect and invest in our water sources. That is why Fianna Fáil is deeply concerned about the entire process and the thinking which has given rise to the short Bill before us. For the past year we have witnessed considerable internal confusion in the Cabinet about the cost of this project. There has been no detail on how much consumers will pay and no public tendering for the new body. The relevant Oireachtas committee has been bypassed and the public consultation process has been limited and flawed.

None of this augurs well.