David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is one of the key sections of the Bill. I know many of the comments were made on the previous sections, but it is important for me to restate our opposition to the establishment of Irish Water. I will not go back into the issues we have raised, to which the Minister of State has responded in the best way he can.

Essentially, if section 5 was to be passed, any attempt to oppose sections 6 to 17, inclusive, would be futile because section 5 is the main body of the Bill.

I must put on record again two issues that are of concern. Much of the data which my party has seen shows that district metering is better than domestic metering. That is the information available to us and I must restate that.