John Whelan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I ask that the Leader invite the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, to the House to explain when water metering will be introduced, in respect of which we are getting mixed messages from the Cabinet, and when water charges will be introduced. The new CEO of Irish Water took up his post this week, which is important. We need a coherent plan to ensure we have a sustainable, safe and secure source of water for Dublin, foreign direct investment, farming and the domestic sector. It is an absurdity that this Government could go down in history as the Government which allowed Ireland's capital city to run out of water.