David Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have a problem with the Minister of State's response on the issue of the annual report. It is my experience that annual reports can be very general and do not specifically provide a breakdown on a county by county basis, as sought in the amendment. We will receive an annual report from Uisce Éireann, but that does not necessarily mean what is being sought in the amendment will be included in it. Will the figures and breakdown we want be included in it? I do not think the Minister of State can give us that answer. Without his doing so we are not being prescriptive and not asking Irish Water to do what we want, even though we all agree that it would be the best outcome. The Minister of State's response is flawed. He hopes the details will be included in the annual report and says an annula report may or may not contain the information, but there is no guarantee that it will. That is why the amendment is important and I support the Senator who tabled it.