Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Not to labour the point, but I will ask about the same issue in a circular fashion. Can I take it that all of the money raised from water metering and charges, both commercially and domestically, will be ring-fenced for the improvement of our water infrastructure? To follow on from the comments of my Sinn Féin Party colleague, does the Minister of State envisage that the Irish Water's income will make it self-sufficient in ten or 20 years' time and that it will not need a buffer from central government?