Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to take questions. I have been told by Uisce Éireann that it is appointing communications staff who will deal specifically with elected members; that each elected member will know who they are; how to contact them and that the database will be very clear and transparent.

I urge Members to table amendments because Committee Stage, which will be taken shortly although I am not sure of the date. We will debate all the amendments as I have no problem staying here all night to do so. It is very important to get the legislation right. Let us forget our political differences, this is more significant than setting up the ESB. Uisce Éireann-Irish Water is a major national undertaking. We will only get it right if we all work together and take the best of all the ideas from every side of the House to build a sustainable future for everybody, so that the young people sitting in the Visitors Gallery will have jobs in the future no matter where they live. We need to ensure that all towns have the capacity to supply water to industry and that the health of the population is improved because there is less contamination of water by E.coli. This is the only way to achieve that.