David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

One does not expect much in the way of initiative or intelligence from the Government, but it would be refreshing if, occasionally, it joined up one or two of the dots. I speak particularly of the situation whereby we are implementing charges for water. We do not know what the charges are. We do not know what the costs of meters are. We know it is going out to tender. I have spoken in the House on this issue and I have seen Ministers sitting in the chair nodding away like little Dachshund puppets on the back of Angela Merkel's Volkswagen at the truth of what I said when I pointed out that it would be quite possible and reasonable to put in a multipurpose meter.