Seanad debates
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage
6:40 pm
David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I support the amendment. It requires Irish Water to give a full breakdown annually on a county by county basis of all moneys that are transferred and expended by Irish Water. If Deputies were to table a parliamentary question, they probably would get that response anyway. If that is the case, then why can we not just accept this and do it as a matter of proper transparency? If we are going to get the information anyway, surely it makes sense that Irish Water provide it on an annual basis. The Minister of State made a point earlier about county disparities, so if people could see where all the money was going, that would make sense. I do not see the logic in not accepting this amendment when the Government will be forced to provide this information anyway through parliamentary questions.
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